Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2554710 | Life Sciences | 2006 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Chemokine-like factor 1 (CKLF1) exhibits chemotactic effects on leukocytes. Its amino acid sequence shares similarity with those of TARC/CCL17 and MDC/CCL22, the cognate ligands for CCR4. The chemotactic effects of CKLF1 for CCR4-transfected cells could be desensitized by TARC/CCL17 and markedly inhibited by PTX. CKLF1 induced a calcium flux in CCR4-transfected cells and fully desensitized a subsequent response to TARC/CCL17, and TARC/CCL17 could partly desensitize the response to CKLF1. CKLF1 caused significant receptor internalization in pCCR4-EGFP transfected cells. Taken together, CKLF1 is a novel functional ligand for CCR4.
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Authors
Ying Wang, Yingmei Zhang, Xue Yang, Wenling Han, Yanan Liu, Qianmei Xu, Rui Zhao, Chunhui Di, Quansheng Song, Dalong Ma,