Abstract
Chemokines are members of a superfamily of small, cytokine-like, chemotactic proteins that have recently been shown to critically regulate leukocyte trafficking. Accumulating evidence indicates that the chronically relapsing inflammatory skin disease psoriasis represents a T cell-mediated disease. Thus, the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of memory T cell homing to the skin may provide promising targets for the development of novel therapeutics. Here results of recent studies associating chemokines with a psoriatic phenotype and delineating their role in the recruitment of memory T cells to the skin are discussed.
Keywords: chemokines, chemokine receptors, psoriasis, therapy, ccr4, ccr6, cccr10, cxcr3
Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy
Title: Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors as Targets in the Therapy of Psoriasis
Volume: 3 Issue: 2
Author(s): Bernhard Homey
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Keywords: chemokines, chemokine receptors, psoriasis, therapy, ccr4, ccr6, cccr10, cxcr3
Abstract: Chemokines are members of a superfamily of small, cytokine-like, chemotactic proteins that have recently been shown to critically regulate leukocyte trafficking. Accumulating evidence indicates that the chronically relapsing inflammatory skin disease psoriasis represents a T cell-mediated disease. Thus, the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of memory T cell homing to the skin may provide promising targets for the development of novel therapeutics. Here results of recent studies associating chemokines with a psoriatic phenotype and delineating their role in the recruitment of memory T cells to the skin are discussed.
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Homey Bernhard, Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors as Targets in the Therapy of Psoriasis, Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy 2004; 3 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568010043343840
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568010043343840 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1568-010X |
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