Airway β-Defensin-1 Protein Is Elevated in COPD and Severe Asthma by Katherine J. Baines, Thomas K. Wright, Jodie L. Simpson, Vanessa M. McDonald, Lisa G. Wood, Kristy S. Parsons, Peter A. Wark, Peter G. Gibson

“…Innate immune antimicrobial peptides, including β-defensin-1, promote the chemotaxis and activation of several immune cells. The role of β-defensin-1 in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear. …”
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Integrated analysis of genetic, proteinic, and metabolomic alterations in Behcet’s disease by Yanlin Pu, Jing Liang, Yao Wang, Wanyun Zhang, Chuiren Zhou, Ju Shao, Jin Hu, Minghui Chen, Yunjie Shi, Yongdan Mao, Zhijun Chen

“…Collectively, this study showed that the hyperactivity of Th1 and Th17 responses played an essential role in the pathogenesis of BD, and the progression of this disease was associated with enhanced neutrophil chemotaxis, vascular endothelial injury, activation of haemostatic system, and oxidative stress.…”
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Glioblastoma drives protease-independent extracellular matrix invasion of microglia by Chia-Wen Chang, Ashwin Bale, Rohit Bhargava, Brendan A.C. Harley

“…We also identify a panel of soluble proteins that may contribute to microglia chemotaxis, such as TIMP-1 and CXCL12. Taken together, this study suggests that the presence of GBM cells can enhance microglia invasion via increased cellular contractility, independent of MMP activity and cellular glycolysis.…”
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Sorafenib enhanced the function of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma by facilitating PPARα-mediated fatty acid oxidation by Chunxiao Li, Liting Xiong, Yuhan Yang, Ping Jiang, Junjie Wang, Mengyuan Li, Shuhua Wei, Suqing Tian, Yuexuan Wang, Mi Zhang, Jie Tang

“…MDSCs were analyzed for chemotaxis, immunosuppressive functions, fatty acid oxidation (FAO), and PPARα expression. …”
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A spatial model of tumor-host interaction: Application of chemotherapy by Peter Hinow, Philip Gerlee, Lisa J. McCawley, Vito Quaranta, Madalina Ciobanu, Shizhen Wang, Jason M. Graham, Bruce P. Ayati, Jonathan Claridge, Kristin R. Swanson, Mary Loveless, Alexander R. A. Anderson

“…To this model we apply cytostatic treatment in the form of a VEGF-inhibitor, which reduces the proliferation and chemotaxis of endothelial cells. This treatment has the capability to reduce tumor mass, but more importantly, we were able to determine that inhibition of endothelial cell proliferation is the more important of the two cellular functions targeted by the drug. …”
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Amantadine modulates novel macrophage phenotypes to enhance neural repair following spinal cord injury by Shijie Yang, Beibei Yu, Qing Zhang, Yongfeng Zhang, Longhui Fu, Bisheng Zhou, Haining Wu, Jianzhong Li, Shouping Gong

“…To further investigate macrophage dynamics within the injured spinal cord, we conducted scRNA-Seq, identifying three distinct macrophage subtypes: border-associated macrophages (BAMs), inflammatory macrophages (IMs), and chemotaxis-inducing macrophages (CIMs). Trajectory analysis suggested a differentiation pathway from Il-1b+ IMs to Mrc1+ BAMs, and subsequently to Arg1+ CIMs, indicating a potential maturation process. …”
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Monocytes serve as Shiga toxin carriers during the development of hemolytic uremic syndrome by Xinlei Sun, Shuang Qu, Fenglian Zhou, Fujie Shi, Yunfei Wu, Lin Gu, Minghui Liu, Zhen Bian, Lei Shi, Zhihong Liu, Yuan Liu, Ke Zen

“…Finally, depleting monocytes through the usage of a CD14 neutralizing antibody or blocking monocyte chemotaxis via inhibition of CCL2 notably mitigates kidney injury and dysfunction caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/Stx2 treatment. …”
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Hepatic Abnormal Secretion of Apolipoprotein C3 Promotes Inflammation in Aortic Dissection by Xinghui Zhuang, Mohammad Zarif, Yue Shen, Zhaofeng Zhang, Jian He, Linfeng Xie, Qingsong Wu, Xinfan Lin, Keyuan Chen, Yue Tian, Yong Lin, Yuling Zhang, Ziwen Cai, Zhihuang Qiu, Liangwan Chen

“…Additionally, apo C3 increased adhesion molecule expression in endothelial cells and induced inflammation, chemotaxis, and apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells. …”
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Immunomodulatory Effects Mediated by Dopamine by Rodrigo Arreola, Samantha Alvarez-Herrera, Gilberto Pérez-Sánchez, Enrique Becerril-Villanueva, Carlos Cruz-Fuentes, Enrique Octavio Flores-Gutierrez, María Eugenia Garcés-Alvarez, Dora Luz de la Cruz-Aguilera, Emilio Medina-Rivero, Gabriela Hurtado-Alvarado, Saray Quintero-Fabián, Lenin Pavón

“…According to the leukocyte lineage, the effects of DA are associated with such processes as respiratory burst, cytokine and antibody secretion, chemotaxis, apoptosis, and cytotoxicity. In clinical conditions such as schizophrenia, Parkinson disease, Tourette syndrome, and multiple sclerosis (MS), there are evident alterations during immune responses in leukocytes, in which changes in DA receptor density have been observed. …”
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Transcriptomic signatures of cold acclimated adipocytes reveal CXCL12 as a Brown autocrine and paracrine chemokine by Marina Agueda-Oyarzabal, Marie S. Isidor, Kaja Plucińska, Lars R. Ingerslev, Oksana Dmytriyeva, Patricia S.S. Petersen, Sara Laftih, Axel B. Pontoppidan, Jo B. Henningsen, Kaja Rupar, Erin L. Brown, Thue W. Schwartz, Romain Barrès, Zachary Gerhart-Hines, Camilla C. Schéele, Brice Emanuelli

“…Moreover, we provide evidence for CXCL12 to exert intercellular cross-talk via its capacity to promote macrophage chemotaxis and neurite outgrowth. Collectively, our results indicate that CXCL12 is a brown adipocyte-enriched, cold-induced secreted factor involved in adipocyte function and the BAT microenvironment communication network.…”
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The Influence of Cell Source and Donor Age on the Tenogenic Potential and Chemokine Secretion of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Weronika Zarychta-Wiśniewska, Anna Burdzińska, Katarzyna Zielniok, Marta Koblowska, Kamila Gala, Piotr Pędzisz, Roksana Iwanicka- Nowicka, Anna Fogtman, Aleksandra Aksamit, Agnieszka Kulesza, Aleksandra Zołocińska, Leszek Pączek

“…The first aim of the study was to compare human BM-MSCs and ASCs for their basal expression of factors associated with tenogenesis as well as chemotaxis. The additional aim was to evaluate if the donor age influences these features. …”
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ELABELA promotes the migration and homing of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to myocardial injury sites through the ERK1/2/miR-299a-5p/Exo70 pathway by Jing-Yu Hou, Hao Wu, Shuang-Mei Li, Xiao-Jing Li, Shu-Jun Yang, Xu-Xiang Chen, Chang-Qing Zhou, Hui-Bao Long, Hai-Dong Wu, Jia-Ying Fu, Ya-Jie Guo, Tong Wang

“…The migration of BMSCs toward the injured myocardium was assessed in different treatment groups using transwell and chemotaxis assays. Additionally, in vivo studies were performed using a rat myocardial infarction/reperfusion injury (MI/RI) model with DIR-labeled BMSCs. …”
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EDF1 accelerates ganglioside GD3 accumulation to boost CD52-mediated CD8+ T cell dysfunction in neuroblastoma by Di Li, Meng Li, Zhenjian Zhuo, Huiqin Guo, Weixin Zhang, Yile Xu, Hai-Yun Wang, Jiabin Liu, Huimin Xia, Huiran Lin, Jue Tang, Jing He, Lei Miao

“…It was verified that high EDF1 expression in NB cells led to Lactosylceramide (LacCer) accumulation, as well as downstream ganglioside-GD3, which subsequently increased the expression of CD52 and immune checkpoint genes, chemotaxis, and apoptosis-related events in activated CD8+T cells. …”
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Multiorgan proteomic analysis of infected animal models predict potential host factors for chikungunya virus by Dongdong Lin, Cong Tang, Junbin Wang, Yun Yang, Hao Yang, Yanan Zhou, Wenhai Yu, Bai Li, Qing Huang, Haixuan Wang, Ran An, Xiaoming Liang, Yuhuan Yan, Longhai Yuan, Xuena Du, Yuxia Yuan, Yanwen Li, Shuaiyao Lu

“…Additionally, we identified host factors such as S100 Calcium‐Binding Protein A8/A9 (S100A8/A9), Voltage‐Dependent Anion Channel 1/2 (VDAC1/2), Complement Component 3 (C3), Apoptosis‐Inducing Factor Mitochondria‐Associated 1 (AIFM1), Endothelial Cell‐Specific Chemotaxis Regulator (ECSCR), and Kininogen 1 (KNG1) that may contribute to CHIKV‐induced inflammation and hemorrhage. …”
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