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The Biology of Chemokines and their Receptors

Rossi, Devora, Zlotnik, Albert·2000·Annual Review of Immunology

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During the last five years, the development of bioinformatics and EST databases has been primarily responsible for the identification of many new chemokines and chemokine receptors. The chemokine field has also received considerable attention since chemokine receptors were found to act as co-receptors for HIV infection ( 1 ). In addition, chemokines, along with adhesion molecules, are crucial during inflammatory responses for a timely recruitment of specific leukocyte subpopulations to sites of tissue damage. However, chemokines and their receptors are also important in dendritic cell maturation ( 2 ), B ( 3 ), and T ( 4 ) cell development, Th1 and Th2 responses, infections, angiogenesis, and tumor growth as well as metastasis ( 5 ). Furthermore, an increase in the number of chemokine/receptor transgenic and knock-out mice has helped to define the functions of chemokines in vivo. In this review we discuss some of the chemokines’ biological effects in vivo and in vitro, described in the last few years, and the implications of these findings when considering chemokine receptors as therapeutic targets.

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  • Chemokine biology extends to all cell types, including most human neoplastic cells.

    “Chemokines were initially defined functionally as soluble factors regulating directional migration of leukocytes during states of inflammation; however, chemokine biology extends to all cell types, including most human neoplastic cells6.”

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  • ELR+ CXC ligands bind to CXCR2 and to a lesser degree to CXCR1.

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Authors
Rossi, D., & Zlotnik, A.
Affiliations
Pharmingen Inc., 10975 Torreyana Road, San Diego, California 92121–1111;
Venue
Annual Review of Immunology
Published
2000-04
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
217-242
ISSN
  • 0732-0582 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-3278
OpenAlex
W2118526748
Cited by
2,410
References
121
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Inflammation biomarkers and pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
Keywords
chemokines, chemokine receptors, HIV co-receptor, leukocyte recruitment, inflammation, dendritic cell maturation, T cell development, Th1/Th2 immune response, angiogenesis, tumor growth, metastasis, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Animals, Bone Marrow, Homeostasis, Humans, Lymphoid Tissue, Neoplasm Metastasis, Thymus Gland, Neovascularization, Physiologic, Chemokines, Receptors, Chemokine, Mice

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