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Genetic approaches to study chemokine function
Author(s) -
Lira Sergio A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1002/jlb.59.1.45
Subject(s) - biology , chemokine , chemotaxis , function (biology) , in vivo , organism , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , inflammation , genetics , receptor
Chemokines are cytokines capable of inducing Chemotaxis of inflammatory cells in vitro. It is likely that they are also involved in controlling cell migration in vivo, but this and other putative functions have not been properly validated to date. To investigate these functions in vivo, a number of new experimental approaches are required. This mini‐review focuses on a set of genetic approaches that can be used to understand chemokine function at the level of the organism. Hopefully, these approaches will help us define the fundamental role of chemokines in development, homeostasis, and disease.