Contribution of Duffy antigen to chemokine function

A Rot - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
In addition to classical G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a group of alternative,“silent”
chemokine receptors has recently been identified. These serpentine molecules are not …

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines and its involvement in patterning and control of inflammatory chemokines

I Novitzky-Basso, A Rot - Frontiers in immunology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Leukocyte functions are linked to their migratory responses, which, in turn, are largely
determined by the expression profile of classical chemokine receptors. Upon binding their …

The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines transports chemokines and supports their promigratory activity

M Pruenster, L Mudde, P Bombosi, S Dimitrova… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) belongs to a family of'silent'heptahelical
chemokine receptors that do not couple to G proteins and fail to transmit measurable …

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines mediates chemokine endocytosis through a macropinocytosis-like process in endothelial cells

Y Zhao, NS Mangalmurti, Z Xiong, B Prakash, F Guo… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) shows high affinity binding
to multiple inflammatory CC and CXC chemokines and is expressed by erythrocytes and …

Duffy antigen facilitates movement of chemokine across the endothelium in vitro and promotes neutrophil transmigration in vitro and in vivo

JS Lee, CW Frevert, MM Wurfel, SC Peiper… - The Journal of …, 2003 - journals.aai.org
Abstract The Duffy Ag expressed on RBCs, capillaries, and postcapillary venular endothelial
cells binds selective CXC and CC chemokines with high affinity. Cells transfected with the …

The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines: structural analysis and expression in the brain

R Horuk, A Martin, J Hesselgesser… - Journal of leukocyte …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) is expressed in human erythrocytes and
on endothelial cells lining postcapillary venules in kidney and spleen. DARC is a …

Structure–function analysis of the extracellular domains of the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines: characterization of antibody and chemokine binding sites

C Tournamille, A Filipe, K Wasniowska… - British journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC), a seven‐transmembrane glycoprotein
carrying the Duffy (Fy) blood group, acts as a widely expressed promiscuous chemokine …

Close association of the first and fourth extracellular domains of the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines by a disulfide bond is required for ligand binding

C Tournamille, C Le Van Kim, P Gane… - Journal of Biological …, 1997 - ASBMB
It has been demonstrated that the promiscuous chemokine binding profile of the
Duffyantigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC) is given by its extracellular NH 2-terminal …

The duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines exists in an oligomeric form in living cells and functionally antagonizes CCR5 signaling through hetero-oligomerization

A Chakera, RM Seeber, AE John, KA Eidne… - Molecular …, 2008 - ASPET
The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC) is an unusual chemokine receptor that
binds a large number of inflammatory chemokines of both the CC and CXC families with …

The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC) is expressed in endothelial cells of Duffy negative individuals who lack the erythrocyte receptor.

SC Peiper, ZX Wang, K Neote, AW Martin… - The Journal of …, 1995 - rupress.org
The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC), first identified on erythrocytes, functions
not only as a promiscuous chemokine receptor but also as a receptor for the malarial …