The chemokine receptor CXCR4 in cell proliferation and tissue regeneration

ME Bianchi, R Mezzapelle - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The CXCR4 receptor upon binding its ligands triggers multiple signaling pathways that
orchestrate cell migration, hematopoiesis and cell homing, and retention in the bone …

CXCL12-CXCR4/CXCR7 axis in colorectal cancer: therapeutic target in preclinical and clinical studies

T Khare, M Bissonnette, S Khare - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chemokines are chemotactic cytokines that promote cancer growth, metastasis, and
regulate resistance to chemotherapy. Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF1) also known as …

Structural insights into CXCR4 modulation and oligomerization

K Saotome, LL McGoldrick, JH Ho, TF Ramlall… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Activation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 by its chemokine ligand CXCL12 regulates
diverse cellular processes. Previously reported crystal structures of CXCR4 revealed the …

The role of the CXCL12/CXCR4/ACKR3 axis in autoimmune diseases

EM García-Cuesta, CA Santiago… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chemokine receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. These
receptors are intimately involved in cell movement, and thus play a critical role in several …

Higher-order transient membrane protein structures

Y Zhang, H Mazal, VS Mandala, G Pérez-Mitta… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
This study shows that five membrane proteins—three GPCRs, an ion channel, and an
enzyme—form self-clusters under natural expression levels in a cardiac-derived cell line …

CXCR4/CXCL12 activities in the tumor microenvironment and implications for tumor immunotherapy

R Mezzapelle, M Leo, F Caprioglio, LS Colley… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chemokines are small soluble proteins that control and regulate cell
trafficking within and between tissues by binding to their receptors. Among them, CXCL12 …

Structural basis of dimerization of chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4

D Di Marino, P Conflitti, S Motta, V Limongelli - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are prominent drug targets responsible for
extracellular-to-intracellular signal transduction. GPCRs can form functional dimers that …

Advanced fluorescence microscopy reveals disruption of dynamic CXCR4 dimerization by subpocket-specific inverse agonists

A Işbilir, J Möller, M Arimont, V Bobkov… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Although class AG protein− coupled receptors (GPCRs) can function as monomers, many of
them form dimers and oligomers, but the mechanisms and functional relevance of such …

Toward a new picture of the living plasma membrane

JM Kalappurakkal, P Sil, S Mayor - Protein Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the plasma membrane structure has undergone a major change since
the proposal of the fluid mosaic model of Singer and Nicholson in the 1970s. In this model …

The β2-adrenergic receptor associates with CXCR4 multimers in human cancer cells

J Liang, M Seghiri, PK Singh, HG Seo… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
While the existence and functional role of class C G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR)
dimers is well established, there is still a lack of consensus regarding class A and B GPCR …