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SUBMITTER: Metzemaekers M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5536003 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Metzemaekers Mieke M Mortier Anneleen A Janssens Rik R Boff Daiane D Vanbrabant Lotte L Lamoen Nicole N Van Damme Jo J Teixeira Mauro M MM De Meester Ingrid I Amaral Flávio A FA Proost Paul P
International journal of molecular sciences 20170713 7
CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL)9, CXCL10 and CXCL11 direct chemotaxis of mainly T cells and NK cells through activation of their common CXC chemokine receptor (CXCR)3. They are inactivated upon NH₂-terminal cleavage by dipeptidyl peptidase IV/CD26. In the present study, we found that different glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) protect the CXCR3 ligands against proteolytic processing by CD26 without directly affecting the enzymatic activity of CD26. In addition, GAGs were shown to interfere with chemokine-in ...[more]