The chemokines CXCL8 and CXCL12: molecular and functional properties, role in disease and efforts towards pharmacological intervention

S Cambier, M Gouwy, P Proost - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Chemokines are an indispensable component of our immune system through the regulation
of directional migration and activation of leukocytes. CXCL8 is the most potent human …

[HTML][HTML] Role of the CXCL8-CXCR1/2 axis in cancer and inflammatory diseases

H Ha, B Debnath, N Neamati - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The chemokine receptors CXCR1/2 and their ligand CXCL8 are essential for the activation
and trafficking of inflammatory mediators as well as tumor progression and metastasis. The …

RCSB Protein Data Bank: Enabling biomedical research and drug discovery

DS Goodsell, C Zardecki, L Di Costanzo… - Protein …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of publicly available structural data reveal interesting insights into the impact of the
three‐dimensional (3D) structures of protein targets important for discovery of new drugs …

GPCR dynamics: structures in motion

NR Latorraca, AJ Venkatakrishnan, RO Dror - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The function of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) which represent the largest class of
both human membrane proteins and drug targets depends critically on their ability to …

Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Molecular signatures of G-protein-coupled receptors

AJ Venkatakrishnan, X Deupi, G Lebon, CG Tate… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are physiologically important membrane proteins that
sense signalling molecules such as hormones and neurotransmitters, and are the targets of …

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXIX. Update on the extended family of chemokine receptors and introducing a new nomenclature for …

F Bachelerie, A Ben-Baruch, AM Burkhardt… - Pharmacological …, 2014 - ASPET
Sixteen years ago, the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Pharmacology
approved a system for naming human seven-transmembrane (7TM) G protein-coupled …

CXCL8 in tumor biology and its implications for clinical translation

X Xiong, X Liao, S Qiu, H Xu, S Zhang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The chemokine CXCL8 has been found to play an important role in tumor progression in
recent years. CXCL8 activates multiple intracellular signaling pathways by binding to its …

Chemokines from a structural perspective

MC Miller, KH Mayo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are a family of small, highly conserved cytokines that mediate various
biological processes, including chemotaxis, hematopoiesis, and angiogenesis, and that …

How do chemokines navigate neutrophils to the target site: Dissecting the structural mechanisms and signaling pathways

K Rajarathnam, M Schnoor, RM Richardson… - Cellular signalling, 2019 - Elsevier
Chemokines play crucial roles in combating microbial infection and initiating tissue repair by
recruiting neutrophils in a timely and coordinated manner. In humans, no less than seven …