Journal
EXPERT OPINION ON THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
Volume 17, Issue 12, Pages 1439-1460Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2013.837886
Keywords
CCL5; disease pathogenesis; infection; inflammation; RANTES
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- Brazilian funding agency CNPq
- CNPq
- FAPEMIG
- FINEP
- European community
- Wellcome Trust, UK
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Introduction: Chemokines play important roles in inflammation and in immune responses. This article will discuss the current literature on the C-C chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5), and whether it is a therapeutic target in the context of various allergic, autoimmune or infectious diseases. Areas covered: Small-molecule inhibitors, chemokine and chemokine receptor-deficient mice, antibodies and modified chemokines are the current tools available for CCL5 research, and there are several ongoing clinical trials targeting the CCL5 receptors, CCR1, CCR3 and CCR5. There are fewer studies specifically targeting the chemokine itself and clinical studies with antiCCL5 antibodies are still to be carried out. Expert opinion: Although clinical trials are strongly biased toward HIV treatment and prevention with blockers of CCR5, the therapeutic potential for CCL5 and its receptors in other diseases is relevant. Overall, it is not likely that specific targeting of CCL5 will result in new adjunct strategies for the treatment of infectious diseases with a major inflammatory component. However, targeting CCL5 could result in novel therapies for chronic inflammatory diseases, where it may decrease inflammatory responses and fibrosis, and certain solid tumors, where it may have a role in angiogenesis.
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