EXPRESSION OF mRNAS FOR CHEMOKINES AND CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS IN THE SKIN FROM PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS by A. S. Beltiukova, K. A. Syssoev, T. N. Il’ina, T. G. Shemerovskaya, M. M. Hobeish, K. N. Monakhov, Areg A. Totolian

“…Expression of the following chemokines was performed: CCL3/MIP-1α, CCL4/MIP-1β, CCL5/RANTES, CCL11/eotaxin, CCL24/eotaxin-2, CXCL8/IL-8 and their receptors (CCR1, CCR3, CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2). In cases with PASI values < 10, an increased expression of the following genes was revealed for CCL11/eotaxin (p = 0.03), CXCR1 (р = 0.008), CXCR2 (р = 0.0006) in virtually intact skin and affected skin areas, as well as increased gene expression of CCL24/eotaxin 2 (p = 0.009), CCL5/RANTES (p = 0.05) in visually normal skin.With PASI values of 10 to 20, an increased gene expression was found for CCL11/eotaxin (p = 0.005), CCL24/eotaxin 2 (p = 0.02), CCL5/RANTES (p = 0.01), CXCR1 (р = 0.0009), CXCR2 (р = 0.002) in skin biopsies from visually healthy and affected skin, as well as increased expression CXCL8 (IL-8) (p = 0.005) in visually normal skin. …”
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NRAS destines tumor cells to the lungs by Anastasios D Giannou, Antonia Marazioti, Nikolaos I Kanellakis, Ioanna Giopanou, Ioannis Lilis, Dimitra E Zazara, Giannoula Ntaliarda, Danai Kati, Vasileios Armenis, Georgia A Giotopoulou, Anthi C Krontira, Marina Lianou, Theodora Agalioti, Malamati Vreka, Maria Papageorgopoulou, Sotirios Fouzas, Dimitrios Kardamakis, Ioannis Psallidas, Magda Spella, Georgios T Stathopoulos

“…Our results support a model where NRAS‐mutant, chemokine‐expressing circulating tumor cells target the CXCR1‐expressing lung vasculature and recruit CXCR2‐expressing myeloid cells to initiate metastasis. …”
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GENE POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS OF CHEMOKINES, CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS, ACUTE PHASE PROTEINS, AND CD14 IN FEMALE OBESITY DEVELOPMENT by O. V. Kochetova, L. Z. Akhmadishina, G. F. Korytina, Т. V. Victorova

“…Patients and controls differed in such parameters as body weight (p = 0.00001), BMI level (p = 0.001) and fasting glucose level (p = 0.0001).An association was revealed between obesity and AG-AA genotypes (p = 0.007) and A allele (p = 0.003) of polymorphic locus rs3732378 of CXCR1 gene, as well as TT genotype (p = 0.027) and T allele (p = 0.021) of polymorphic locus rs1136743 of SAA gene. …”
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mRNA EXPRESSION OF SOME CHEMOKINES AND THEIR RECEPTORS IN NASAL MUCOSA OF HEALTHY PERSONS by A. A. Bibkova, K. A. Sysoyev, A. V. Semenov, N. E. Lyubimova, N. A. Arsentieva, V. I. Trofimov, Areg A. Totolian

“…In  our study  we  chose  some  chemokines  that  ensured  the chemotaxis of neutrophils (CXCL8/IL-8), eosinophils (CCL11/eotaxin,  CCL24/eotaxin-2),  monocytes  and T-lymphocytes  (CCL3/MIP-1α,  CCL4/MIP-1β, CCL5/RANTES),  as  well  as  their  receptors  (CCR1, CCR3, CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2). mRNA expression of  chemokines  and  their  receptors  in  nasopharyngeal mucosa brush-biopsy specimens determined by RT-PCR in healthy persons, the level of the same chemokines in serum determined by multiplex chemiluminescent assay were analyzed according to smoking. …”
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