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An immune paradox: how can the same chemokine axis regulate both immune tolerance and activation?: CCR6/CCL20: a chemokine axis balancing immunological tolerance and inflammation in autoimmune disease.
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PMID:  20954179     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Chemokines (chemotactic cytokines) drive and direct leukocyte traffic. New evidence suggests that the unusual CCR6/CCL20 chemokine receptor/ligand axis provides key homing signals for recently identified cells of the adaptive immune system, recruiting both pro-inflammatory and suppressive T cell subsets. Thus CCR6 and CCL20 have been recently implicated in various human pathologies, particularly in autoimmune disease. These studies have revealed that targeting CCR6/CCL20 can enhance or inhibit autoimmune disease depending on the cellular basis of pathogenesis and the cell subtype most affected through different CCR6/CCL20 manipulations. Here, we discuss the significance of this chemokine receptor/ligand axis in immune and inflammatory functions, consider the potential for targeting CCR6/CCL20 in human autoimmunity and propose that the shared evolutionary origins of pro-inflammatory and regulatory T cells may contribute to the reason why both immune activation and regulation might be controlled through the same chemokine pathway.
Authors:
Iain Comerford; Mark Bunting; Kevin Fenix; Sarah Haylock-Jacobs; Wendel Litchfield; Yuka Harata-Lee; Michelle Turvey; Julie Brazzatti; Carly Gregor; Phillip Nguyen; Ervin Kara; Shaun R McColl
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1521-1878     ISO Abbreviation:  Bioessays     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8510851     Medline TA:  Bioessays     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1067-76     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2010 WILEY Periodicals, Inc.
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School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. iain.comerford@adelaide.edu.au
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