Emerging importance of chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its ligand in liver disease

S Wang, S Gao, Y Li, X Qian, J Luan… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chemokine receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily, which
together with chemokine ligands form chemokine networks to regulate various cellular …

Serum chemokine receptor CXCR3 ligands are associated with progression, organ dysfunction and complications of chronic liver diseases

F Tacke, HW Zimmermann, ML Berres… - Liver …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Chemokines are chemotactic mediators that are implicated in liver diseases. In
viral hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis, a predominant chemokine receptor expressed in …

Recent advances targeting C‐C chemokine receptor type 2 for liver diseases in monocyte/macrophage

M Li, L Chen, Y Gao, M Li, X Wang, L Qiang… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Liver plays a critical role in metabolism, nutrient storage and detoxification. Emergency
signals or appropriate immune response leads to pathological inflammation and breaks the …

Functional roles of chemokine receptor CCR2 and its ligands in liver disease

S She, L Ren, P Chen, M Wang, D Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chemokines are a family of cytokines that orchestrate the migration and positioning of
immune cells within tissues and are critical for the function of the immune system. CCR2 …

[HTML][HTML] CXCR7 is up-regulated in human and murine hepatocellular carcinoma and is specifically expressed by endothelial cells

J Monnier, M Boissan, A L'Helgoualc'h… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complex and progressive disease that
involves cycles of liver cell death, inflammation, and tissue regeneration/remodelling …

The potential of CXCL5 as a target for liver cancer–what do we know so far?

J Xia, X Xu, P Huang, M He, X Wang - Expert opinion on …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
CXCL5, epithelial cell derived neutrophil attractant 78, is a CXC chemokine predominantly
expressed on epithelial cells. It has specificity for CXCR2 receptors and is involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] An alternatively spliced variant of CXCR3 mediates the metastasis of CD133+ liver cancer cells induced by CXCL9

Q Ding, Y Xia, S Ding, P Lu, L Sun, M Liu - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metastasis of liver cancer is closely linked to tumor microenvironment, in which chemokines
and their receptors act in an important role. The CXCR3, the receptor of chemokine CXCL9 …

Role of CXC chemokine ligand 12/CXC chemokine receptor 4 in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

KS Jeng, CJ Jeng, WJ Jeng, CF Chang… - Oncology …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
The efficacy of the current non‑surgical treatments for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) remains limited and novel treatments are required to improve patient outcomes. The …

Loss of chemokine SDF-1α-mediated CXCR4 signalling and receptor internalization in human hepatoma cell line HepG2

P Mitra, A De, MF Ethier, K Mimori, K Kodys, K Shibuta… - Cellular signalling, 2001 - Elsevier
Expression of the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) is absent from many
carcinomas, including hepatomas. We note an early signalling defect in the hepatocellular …

A meta-analysis for CXC chemokine receptor type 4 as a prognostic marker and potential drug target in hepatocellular carcinoma

F Hu, L Miao, Y Zhao, YY Xiao, Q Xu - Drug design, development …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chemokines (CKs), small proinflammatory chemoattractant cytokines that bind to specific G-
protein coupled seven-span transmembrane receptors, are major regulators of cell …