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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical and experimental immunology2014

Chemerin regulation and role in host defense.

Brian A Zabel, Mateusz Kwitniewski, Magdalena Banas, Katarzyna Zabieglo, Krzysztof Murzyn, Joanna Cichy

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Review in American journal of clinical and experimental immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Brian A ZabelPalo Alto Institute for Research and Education, VA Palo Alto Health Care System Palo Alto, CA 94304, U.S.A.
Mateusz KwitniewskiDepartments of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland.
Magdalena BanasDepartments of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland.
Katarzyna ZabiegloDepartments of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland.
Krzysztof MurzynComputational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland.
Joanna CichyDepartments of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland.

Funding

Molecular and Functional Characterization of Chemerin ReceptorsR01AI079320 · NIAID · PALO ALTO VETERANS INSTIT FOR RESEARCH · PI ZABEL, BRIAN A. · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemerin is a widely distributed multifunctional secreted protein implicated in immune cell migration, adipogenesis, osteoblastogenesis, angiogenesis, myogenesis, and glucose homeostasis. Chemerin message is regulated by nuclear receptor agonists, metabolic signaling proteins and intermediates, and proinflammatory cytokines. Following translation chemerin is secreted as an inactive pro-protein, and its secretion can be regulated depending on cell type. Chemerin bioactivity is largely dependent on carboxyl-terminal proteolytic processing and removal of inhibitory residues. Chemerin is abundant in human epidermis where it is well-placed to provide barrier protection. In host defense, chemerin plays dual roles as a broad spectrum antimicrobial protein and as a leukocyte attractant for macrophages, dendritic cells, and NK cells. Here we review the mechanisms underlying chemerin regulation and its function in host defense.

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adipokineantimicrobial peptideChemerinchemoattractanthost defense

Identifiers

PMID24660117
PMCPMC3960757

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