Chemokines in Innate and Adaptive Host Defense: Basic Chemokinese Grammar for Immune Cells

A Rot, UH Von Andrian - Annu. Rev. Immunol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Chemokines compose a sophisticated communication system used by all our cell
types, including immune cells. Chemokine messages are decoded by specific receptors that …

Chemokine receptor antagonists: a novel therapeutic approach in allergic diseases

J Elsner, SE Escher, U Forssmann - Allergy, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this review is to give an overview of the role of chemokines, particularly ligands of
the CC chemokine receptor CCR3, in allergic diseases and to show the new concept in the …

HIV vaccine design and the neutralizing antibody problem

DR Burton, RC Desrosiers, RW Doms, WC Koff… - Nature …, 2004 - nature.com
Eliciting broadly neutralizing antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus could bring closer
the goal of a successful AIDS vaccine. Here the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative …

Identification of the glycosaminoglycan binding site of the CC chemokine, MCP-1: implications for structure and function in vivo

EK Lau, CD Paavola, Z Johnson, JP Gaudry… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
In a recent study, we demonstrated that glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding and
oligomerization are essential for the in vivo function of the chemokines MCP-1/CCL2 …

Interference with heparin binding and oligomerization creates a novel anti-inflammatory strategy targeting the chemokine system

Z Johnson, MH Kosco-Vilbois, S Herren… - The Journal of …, 2004 - journals.aai.org
A hallmark of autoimmunity and other chronic diseases is the overexpression of chemokines
resulting in a detrimental local accumulation of proinflammatory immune cells. Chemokines …

The angiostatic activity of interferon-inducible protein-10/CXCL10 in human melanoma depends on binding to CXCR3 but not to glycosaminoglycan

J Yang, A Richmond - Molecular Therapy, 2004 - cell.com
Human interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10; HGMW-approved gene symbol CXCL10) is an
ELR− CXC chemokine that contains binding domains for both the chemokine receptor …

Chemokine inhibition–why, when, where, which and how?

Z Johnson, CA Power, C Weiss… - Biochemical Society …, 2004 - portlandpress.com
Chemokines are small chemoattractant cytokines that control a wide variety of biological and
pathological processes, ranging from immunosurveillance to inflammation, and from viral …

The X-ray structure of RANTES: heparin-derived disaccharides allows the rational design of chemokine inhibitors

JP Shaw, Z Johnson, F Borlat, C Zwahlen, A Kungl… - Structure, 2004 - cell.com
The biological activity of chemokines requires interactions with cell surface proteoglycans.
We have determined the structure of the chemokine RANTES (regulated on activation …

Identification and characterization of a glycosaminoglycan recognition element of the C chemokine lymphotactin

FC Peterson, ES Elgin, TJ Nelson, F Zhang… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
Chemokine-mediated recruitment of leukocytes in vivo depends on interactions with cell
surface glycosaminoglycans. Lymphotactin, the unique member of the" C" chemokine …

A novel strategy for defining critical amino acid residues involved in protein/glycosaminoglycan interactions

RR Vives, E Crublet, JP Andrieu, J Gagnon… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
The binding of proteins to glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) is the prerequisite for a large number
of cellular processes and regulatory events and is associated to many pathologies …