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1: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2002 Dec;13(6):455-81.Click here to read Links

Macrophage inflammatory protein-1.

Menten P, Wuyts A, Van Damme J.

Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000, Leuven Belgium.

Macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) and MIP-1beta are highly related members of the CC chemokine subfamily. Despite their structural similarities, MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta show diverging signaling capacities. Depending on the MIP-1 subtype and its NH(2)-terminal processing, one or more of the CC chemokine receptors CCR1, CCR2, CCR3 and CCR5 are recognized. Since both human MIP-1alpha subtypes (LD78alpha and LD78beta) and MIP-1beta signal through CCR5, the major co-receptor for M-tropic HIV-1 strains, these chemokines are capable of inhibiting HIV-1 infection in susceptible cells. In this review, different aspects of human and mouse MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta are discussed, including their protein and gene structures, their regulated production, their receptor usage and biological activities and their role in several pathologies including HIV-1 infection. Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.

PMID: 12401480 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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