Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus immune modulation: an overview

SAR Rezaee, C Cunningham… - Journal of General …, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the most recently discovered human
herpesvirus. It is the aetiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), a tumour frequently …

A novel chemokine receptor for SDF-1 and I-TAC involved in cell survival, cell adhesion, and tumor development

JM Burns, BC Summers, Y Wang, A Melikian… - The Journal of …, 2006 - rupress.org
The chemokine stromal cell–derived factor (SDF-1; also known as chemokine ligand 12
[CXCL12]) regulates many essential biological processes, including cardiac and neuronal …

Anti-HIV therapy: Current and future directions

L Agrawal, X Lu, Q Jin, G Alkhatib - Current pharmaceutical …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Although combinations of drugs that target the HIV reverse transcriptase and protease
enzymes have clearly revolutionized the treatment of HIV/AIDS, problems with these agents …

Identification and characterization of U83A viral chemokine, a broad and potent β-chemokine agonist for human CCRs with unique selectivity and inhibition by spliced …

DR Dewin, J Catusse, UA Gompels - The Journal of Immunology, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Abstract Leukotropic human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) establishes a persistent infection
associated with inflammatory diseases and encodes chemokines that could chemoattract …

Signal transduction targets in Kaposi's sarcoma

R Sullivan, BJ Dezube, HB Koon - Current opinion in oncology, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Numerous advances have been made recently that expand the understanding of Kaposi's
sarcoma pathogenesis. These findings and recent clinical trials of targeted therapy for …

SMM-chemokines: a class of unnatural synthetic molecules as chemical probes of chemokine receptor biology and leads for therapeutic development

S Kumar, WT Choi, CZ Dong, N Madani, S Tian, D Liu… - Chemistry & biology, 2006 - cell.com
Chemokines and their receptors play important roles in numerous physiological and
pathological processes. To develop natural chemokines into receptor probes and inhibitors …

Targeting herpesvirus reliance of the chemokine system

MM Rosenkilde, TN Kledal - Current Drug Targets, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Viral infections depend on an intimate relationship between the infectious agent and the
host cells. Viruses need the host cells for replication, while the innate-and adaptive …

Compounds and methods to inhibit or augment an inflammatory response

DJ Grainger, LM Tatalick - US Patent 6,989,435, 2006 - Google Patents
US6989435B2 - Compounds and methods to inhibit or augment an inflammatory response -
Google Patents US6989435B2 - Compounds and methods to inhibit or augment an …

Conformational constraining of inactive and active states of a seven transmembrane receptor by metal ion site engineering in the extracellular end of transmembrane …

MM Rosenkilde, R David, I Oerlecke… - Molecular …, 2006 - ASPET
The extracellular part of transmembrane segment V (TM-V) is expected to be involved in the
activation process of 7TM receptors, but its role is far from clear. Here, we study the highly …

Eukaryotic expression of the broad‐spectrum chemokine receptor antagonist vMIP‐II and its effects on T‐cell function in vitro and in vivo

S Rubant, RJ Ludwig, J Pfeffer… - Experimental …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Pro‐inflammatory chemokines and their receptors exhibit elementary functions in cell
migration and in Th1‐driven inflammatory conditions. One therapeutic strategy to prevent …