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Renal Protection by Genetic Deletion of the Atypical Chemokine Receptor ACKR2 in Diabetic OVE Mice.
Journal of diabetes research - 1 Jan 2016
Zheng Shirong, Coventry Susan, Cai Lu, Powell David W, Jala Venkatakrishna R, Haribabu Bodduluri, Epstein Paul N
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In diabetic nephropathy (DN) proinflammatory chemokines and leukocyte infiltration correlate with tubulointerstitial injury and declining renal function. The atypical chemokine receptor ACKR2 is a chemokine scavenger receptor which binds and sequesters many inflammatory CC chemokines but does not transduce typical G-protein mediated signaling events. ACKR2 is known to regulate diverse inflammatory diseases but...
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