The role of neutrophils in host defense and disease

HK Lehman, BH Segal - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Neutrophils, the most abundant circulating leukocyte, are critical for host defense.
Granulopoiesis is under the control of transcriptional factors and culminates in mature …

Involvement of CXCR4 in normal and abnormal development

N Kawaguchi, TT Zhang, T Nakanishi - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
CXC motif chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) is associated with normal and abnormal
development, including oncogenesis. The ligand of CXCR4 is stromal cell-derived factor …

A phase III randomized crossover trial of plerixafor versus G-CSF for treatment of WHIM syndrome

DH McDermott, D Velez, E Cho… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis (WHIM)
syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency disorder caused by heterozygous gain-of-function …

Clinical significance of chemokine receptor antagonists

M Miao, E De Clercq, G Li - Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Chemokine receptors are important therapeutic targets for the treatment of
many human diseases. This study will provide an overview of approved chemokine receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Relevance of the CXCR4/CXCR7-CXCL12 axis and its effect in pathophysiological conditions

C Huynh, J Dingemanse… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The impact of the CXC receptor (CXCR) 7 and its close co-player CXCR4 in different
physiological and pathophysiological processes has been extensively investigated within …

Chemokines in COPD: from implication to therapeutic use

P Henrot, R Prevel, P Berger, I Dupin - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) represents the 3rd leading cause of death
in the world. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms have been the focus of …

WHIM syndrome: from pathogenesis towards personalized medicine and cure

LE Heusinkveld, S Majumdar, JL Gao… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Springer
WHIM syndrome is a rare combined primary immunodeficiency disease named by acronym
for the diagnostic tetrad of warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis …

Recruitment of CXCR4+ type 1 innate lymphoid cells distinguishes sarcoidosis from other skin granulomatous diseases

S Sati, J Huang, AE Kersh, P Jones, O Ahart… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Sarcoidosis is a multiorgan granulomatous disease that lacks diagnostic biomarkers and
targeted treatments. Using blood and skin from patients with sarcoid and non-sarcoid skin …

Macrophage exclusion after radiation therapy (MERT): a first in human phase I/II trial using a CXCR4 inhibitor in glioblastoma

RP Thomas, S Nagpal, M Iv, SG Soltys, S Bertrand… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Preclinical studies have demonstrated that postirradiation tumor revascularization
is dependent on a stromal cell–derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXC chemokine receptor type 4 …

The secretive life of neutrophils revealed by intravital microscopy

K De Filippo, SM Rankin - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neutrophils are the most abundant circulating leukocyte within the blood stream and for
many years the dogma has been that these cells migrate rapidly into tissues in response to …