CC and CXC chemokines are pivotal mediators of cerebral injury in ischaemic stroke

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-420

  Mirabelli Badenier, Marisol ^a   Braunersreuther, Vincent ^b   Viviani, Giorgio Luciano ^c   Dallegri, Franco ^c   Quercioli, Alessandra ^b   Veneselli, Edvige ^a   Mach, François ^b   Montecucco, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Inflammatory mediators; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY 3 (1,1 DIMETHYLBUTYL) DELTA8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; ALPHA CHEMOKINE; BETA CHEMOKINE; CANDESARTAN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; DIMEMORFAN; EPITHELIAL DERIVED NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING FACTOR 78; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PIOGLITAZONE; RANTES; ROSIGLITAZONE; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL HOMING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOKINE CCL3; CHEMOKINE CCL4; CHEMOKINE CCL5; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOKINES, CXC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; STROKE;

EID: 79952512264     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-10-0662     Document Type: Review

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