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Rationally evolving MCP-1/CCL2 into a decoy protein with potent anti-inflammatory activity in vivo.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Mar 2010
Piccinini Anna Maria, Knebl Kerstin, Rek Angelika, Wildner Gerhild, Diedrichs-Möhring Maria, Kungl Andreas J
Abstract excerpt
Leukocyte recruitment from the blood into injured tissues during inflammatory diseases is the result of sequential events involving chemokines binding to their GPC receptors as well as to their glycosaminoglycan (GAG) co-receptors. The induction and the crucial role of MCP-1/CCL2 in the course of diseases that feature monocyte-rich infiltrates have been validated in many animal models, and several MCP-1/CCL2 as...
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