Chemokine receptors in the central nervous system: role in brain inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases

L Cartier, O Hartley, M Dubois-Dauphin… - Brain Research …, 2005 - Elsevier
Chemokines were originally described as chemotactic cytokines involved in leukocyte
trafficking. Research over the last decade, however, has shown that chemokine receptors …

Chemokines and their receptors in neurobiology: perspectives in physiology and homeostasis

KB Bacon, JK Harrison - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2000 - Elsevier
Chemokines are a large family of small secreted proteins (8–14 kDa) associated with the
trafficking of leukocytes in physiological immunosurveillance as well as inflammatory cell …

Characterization of chemokines and their receptors in the central nervous system: physiopathological implications

A Bajetto, R Bonavia, S Barbero… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Chemokines represent key factors in the outburst of the immune response, by activating and
directing the leukocyte traffic, both in lymphopoiesis and in immune surveillance …

Chemokines and brain functions

G Banisadr, W Rostène, P Kitabgi… - Current Drug Targets …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Chemokines are small secreted proteins that chemoattract and activate immune and non-
immune cells both in vivo and in vitro. Besides their well-established role in the immune …

Chemokines in the brain: neuroimmunology and beyond

K Biber, MW Zuurman, IM Dijkstra… - Current Opinion in …, 2002 - Elsevier
Chemokines in the brain have been recognised as essential elements in neurodegenerative
diseases and related neuroinflammation. Recent studies suggest that in addition to the …

Chemokines and glial cells: a complex network in the central nervous system

E Ambrosini, F Aloisi - Neurochemical research, 2004 - Springer
Chemokines are small secreted proteins that are essential for the recruitment and activation
of specific leukocyte subsets at sites of inflammation and for the development and …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal chemokines: versatile messengers in central nervous system cell interaction

AH De Haas, HRJ Van Weering, EK De Jong… - Molecular …, 2007 - Springer
Whereas chemokines are well known for their ability to induce cell migration, only recently it
became evident that chemokines also control a variety of other cell functions and are …

The expression and function of chemokines involved in CNS inflammation

EE Ubogu, MB Cossoy, RM Ransohoff - Trends in pharmacological …, 2006 - cell.com
Chemokines and their receptors have principal roles in leukocyte trafficking under normal
physiological and pathological conditions. The differential expression of the chemokine …

Chemokines/chemokine receptors in the central nervous system and Alzheimer's disease

MQ Xia, BT Hyman - Journal of neurovirology, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, and the
fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Its pathological changes include amyloid …

Chemokines and chemokine receptors: multipurpose players in neuroinflammation

RM Ransohoff, LP Liu, AE Cardona - International review of neurobiology, 2007 - Elsevier
Chemokines were detected by virtue of chemotactic effects toward neutrophils in the late
1970s. During subsequent decades, it has become clear that their primordial role in …