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Interference with oligomerization and glycosaminoglycan binding of the chemokine CCL5 improves experimental liver injury.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Nellen Andreas, Heinrichs Daniel, Berres Marie-Luise, Sahin Hacer, Schmitz Petra, Proudfoot Amanda E, Trautwein Christian, Wasmuth Hermann E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The chemokine CCL5 is involved in the recruitment of immune cells and a subsequent activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC) after liver injury. We here investigate whether inhibition of CCL5 oligomerization and glycosaminoglycan binding by a mutated CCL5 protein ((44)AANA(47)-CCL5) has the potential to ameliorate liver cell injury and fibrosis in vivo. METHODOLOGY: Liver injury was induced in...
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