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CCL2-CCR2 signaling in disease pathogenesis

O'Connor, Tracy; Borsig, Lubor; Heikenwalder, Mathias (2015). CCL2-CCR2 signaling in disease pathogenesis. Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders Drug Targets, 15(2):105-118.

Abstract

The role of chemokines and their receptors in controlling several physiological and pathological processes has only become evident in the last couple of years. From a sole function of chemo-attraction, our view on chemokine receptor activation has switched to the regulation of pleiotropic signaling pathways influencing numerous molecular and cellular processes. The large number of chemokines and receptors and hence possible combinations of chemokine-chemokine receptor interactions, as well as the expression profiles of chemokines and chemokine receptors within particular cell types, has contributed to the complexity of chemokine receptor signaling as we see it today. The chemokine CCL2 and its main chemokine receptor CCR2 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several different disease processes, including vascular permeability and attraction of immune cells during metastasis, a number of different neurological disorders, autoimmune disease, obesity, and atherosclerosis. Here we review recent findings on the role of the CCL2-CCR2 axis in the regulation of these diseases. We believe that research has only gained a first glimpse of what chemokines can control and what the underlying mechanisms are. There is certainly more to be found that will - with high certainty - have strong implications for clinical applications in the near future.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Physiology
07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Physiology
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Health Sciences > Immunology and Allergy
Uncontrolled Keywords:Autoimmune disease, cancer, CCL2, CCR2, chemokine, CNS, MCP-1, metastasis
Language:English
Date:1 August 2015
Deposited On:07 Jan 2016 11:47
Last Modified:10 Nov 2024 04:40
Publisher:Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
ISSN:1871-5303
Funders:SNSF
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.2174/1871530315666150316120920
PubMed ID:25772168
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  • Funder: SNSF
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  • Project Title: SNSF
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