A burgeoning family of biological mediators: chemokines and chemokine receptors

• Authors: Y. Le , W. Gong , W. Shen , B. Li , N.M. Dunlop , J.M. Wang
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Chemokines are a superfamily of pro-inflammatory polypeptide cytokines that selectively attract and activate different cell types. Most of its members are small proteins that exhibit conserved cysteines in specific positions. Chemokines activate cells through their binding to shared or unique cell surface receptors which belong to the seven-transmembrane (STM), G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The large number of chemokines and chemokine receptors are indicative of the importance of these molecules in a variety of pathophysiological conditions.

Keywords

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CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE

Discipline

• IMMUNOLOGY: IMMUNOLOGY

• Publisher: Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis
• Year: 2000
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 143-150

Contributors

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Y. Le

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W. Gong

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W. Shen

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B. Li

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N.M. Dunlop

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J.M. Wang

• Document Type: REVIEW
• Publication order reference: Y. Le, Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA,