Definition, function and pathophysiological significance of chemokine receptors.
Chemokines and their receptors are at the core of many processes in biology, from routine immunosurveillance and the inflammatory process, through to the infection of cells by HIV. In the past two years, various bioinformatic and cloning strategies have led to an explosion in the number of chemokines and receptors that have been identified. Although the picture is far from complete, several themes are emerging. In particular, there are important differences between observations in vitro, where there appears to be much redundancy, and studies in vivo, where distinct roles are clearer. In this review, Timothy Wells, Christine Power and Amanda Proudfoot discuss the chemokines and their receptors and recent data from immunological and virology studies, and speculate on the potential of interfering with the chemokine network as a useful approach to ameliorating disease.[1]References
- Definition, function and pathophysiological significance of chemokine receptors. Wells, T.N., Power, C.A., Proudfoot, A.E. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. (1998) [Pubmed]
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