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Chemokines in respiratory viral infections: focus on their diagnostic and therapeutic potential.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21899514     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Chemokines are small chemoattractant cytokines involved in cell trafficking and activation. Despite the general nonspecific nature of chemokine activity in certain instances, specific chemokine expression patterns have been associated with specific disease states. In the field of respiratory viral infection, evidence suggests that response to viral invasion is regulated by a distinct chemokine expression profile involving more CC chemokines than CXC chemokines. Moreover, among the CC chemokines, CCL3 and CCL5 appear to be most commonly implicated in viral respiratory disease. Most data available in this field have been derived from in vitro studies, as well as studies conducted in animal models with limited evidence obtained in settings of actual human disease. In the present review, we focus on the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential of virus-induced chemokine activity as reflected by studies conducted in actual disease states, either in animal models or humans. We further discuss whether these data advocate chemokines as a realistic clinical tool for the management of viral infection.
Authors:
Virginia Amanatidou; Apostolos Zaravinos; Stavros Apostolakis; Demetrios A Spandidos
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Critical reviews in immunology     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1040-8401     ISO Abbreviation:  Crit. Rev. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-09-08     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8914819     Medline TA:  Crit Rev Immunol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  341-56     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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