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Review
. 2014 Nov;141(22):4199-205.
doi: 10.1242/dev.101071.

Chemokine signaling in development and disease

John Wang  1 , Holger Knaut  2
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Review

Chemokine signaling in development and disease

John Wang et al. Development. 2014 Nov.

Abstract

Chemokines are a group of small, secreted molecules that signal through G protein-coupled receptors to promote cell survival and proliferation and to provide directional guidance to migrating cells. CXCL12 is one of the most evolutionary conserved chemokines and signals through the chemokine receptor CXCR4 to guide cell migration during embryogenesis, immune cell trafficking and cancer metastasis. Here and in the accompanying poster, we provide an overview of chemokine signaling, focusing on CXCL12, and we highlight some of the different chemokine-dependent strategies used to guide migrating cells.

Keywords: CXCL12; CXCR4; Cell migration; Chemokine; GPCR.

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