Article
The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC) is expressed in endothelial cells of Duffy negative individuals who lack the erythrocyte receptor.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Apr 1995
Peiper S C, Wang Z X, Neote K, Martin A W, Showell H J, Conklyn M J, Ogborne K, Hadley T J, Lu Z H, Hesselgesser J, Horuk R
Abstract excerpt
The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC), first identified on erythrocytes, functions not only as a promiscuous chemokine receptor but also as a receptor for the malarial parasite, Plasmodium vivax. The recent finding that DARC is ubiquitously expressed by endothelial cells lining postcapillary venules provides a possible insight into the function of this receptor because this anatomic site is an active...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins
- Chemokine CXCL1
- Chemokines, CXC
- Chemotactic Factors
- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Endocytosis
- Endothelium, Vascular
