2020
Designed CXCR4 mimic acts as a soluble chemokine receptor that blocks atherogenic inflammation by agonist-specific targeting
Kontos C, El Bounkari O, Krammer C, Sinitski D, Hille K, Zan C, Yan G, Wang S, Gao Y, Brandhofer M, Megens RTA, Hoffmann A, Pauli J, Asare Y, Gerra S, Bourilhon P, Leng L, Eckstein HH, Kempf WE, Pelisek J, Gokce O, Maegdefessel L, Bucala R, Dichgans M, Weber C, Kapurniotu A, Bernhagen J. Designed CXCR4 mimic acts as a soluble chemokine receptor that blocks atherogenic inflammation by agonist-specific targeting. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 5981. PMID: 33239628, PMCID: PMC7689490, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19764-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnimalsAntigens, CDAtherosclerosisBinding SitesCarotid Artery, CommonChemokine CXCL12Crystallography, X-RayDisease Models, AnimalDrug DesignDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEndarterectomy, CarotidFemaleHumansIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMaleMiceMice, Knockout, ApoEMiddle AgedPeptide FragmentsReceptors, CXCR4SialyltransferasesSignal TransductionConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorCXC motif chemokine receptor 4Chemokine receptorsChemokine/receptor axisCXCR4/CXCL12 interactionHuman carotid endarterectomy specimensMigration inhibitory factorChemokine receptor 4MIF/CD74Carotid endarterectomy specimensAtherogenic inflammationCXCL12 interactionReceptor axisReceptor 4MIF inhibitorsReceptor-based strategiesAtherosclerotic plaquesAtherosclerosisAtypical chemokineLeukocyte adhesionCell activityProtective pathwaysInflammationChemokinesPlaques
2001
Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes: Differentiation Pathway and Migration to Wound Sites
Abe R, Donnelly S, Peng T, Bucala R, Metz C. Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes: Differentiation Pathway and Migration to Wound Sites. The Journal Of Immunology 2001, 166: 7556-7562. PMID: 11390511, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood CellsCell DifferentiationCell MovementCells, CulturedCollagenFemaleFibroblastsFibrosisGelsHumansInjections, IntravenousLipopolysaccharide ReceptorsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CReceptors, ChemokineStem Cell TransplantationStem CellsTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta1Wound HealingConceptsCultured fibrocytesTissue injuryChemokine/chemokine receptor interactionsUnique cell surface phenotypeCutaneous tissue injurySecondary lymphoid chemokineAlpha-smooth muscle actinWound healingWound healing myofibroblastsMononuclear cell populationsCCR7 chemokine receptorChemokine receptor interactionsPotent immunostimulatory activitySmooth muscle actinCell surface phenotypeBlood-borne cellsDifferentiation pathwayFibrocyte traffickingLymphoid chemokinesFibrocyte differentiationChemokine receptorsT cellsSurface phenotypePotent stimulusMuscle actin