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CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 121-130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2011.06.001
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Chemokine; CXCL10; CXCR3; Infectious diseases
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- National Institutes of Health NIH-FIC [1T90-HG004151-01]
- NIH/FIC/NINDS [R21]
- NIH-RCMI [RR033062]
- Center for Disease Diagnosis and Research (CDDR) in Ghana
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C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) also known as interferon gamma-induced protein 10 kDa (IP-10) or small-inducible cytokine 810 is a cytokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family. CXCL I 0 binds CXCR3 receptor to induce chemotaxis, apoptosis, cell growth and angiostasis. Alterations in CXCL10 expression levels have been associated with inflammatory diseases including infectious diseases, immune dysfunction and tumor development. CXCL10 is also recognized as a biomarker that predicts severity of various diseases. A review of the emerging role of CXCL10 in pathogenesis of infectious diseases revealed diverse roles of CXCL10 in disease initiation and progression. The potential utilization of CXCL10 as a therapeutic target for infectious diseases is discussed. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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