Regulation of atherogenesis by chemokines and chemokine receptors

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Wan, Wuzhou ^a   Murphy, Philip M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Atherosclerosis; Cardiology; Immunology; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

11K 2; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR6; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CXCL16 CHEMOKINE; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GSK 1344386B; MET RANTES; MLN 1202; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; N [1,4,8,11 TETRAAZACYCLOTETRADECANYL 1,4 PHENYLENEBIS(METHYLENE)] 2 (AMINOMETHYL)PYRIDINE; N [2 [[1 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 4 HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL] 4 ETHOXY 3 PYRROLIDINYL]AMINO] 2 OXOETHYL] 3 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)BENZAMIDE; N [4 [[[6,7 DIHYDRO 2 (4 METHYLPHENYL) 5H BENZOCYCLOHEPTEN 8 YL]CARBONYL]AMINO]BENZYL] N,N DIMETHYL 2H TETRAHYDROPYRAN 4 AMINIUM CHLORIDE; NBI 74330; PA 508; RANTES; SB 517785M; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHEMOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84872619536     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-012-0202-1     Document Type: Review

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