Abstract Purpose of Review Chronic wounds are a tremendous burden on the healthcare
system and lead to significant patient morbidity and mortality. Normal cutaneous wound …

Staphylococcus aureus can cause superficial skin infections and, occasionally, deep-seated
infections that entail spread through the blood stream. The organism expresses several …

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus—2 (SARS CoV-2) has resulted in the
global spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and an increase in complications …

It is well-established that the chemokine CXC motif ligand 13 (CXCL13) and its receptor, the
G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) CXCR5, play fundamental roles in inflammatory …

Healing of wounds is one of the most complex biological events afterbirth as a result of the
interplay of different tissue structures and alarge number of resident and infiltrating cell …

The mechanisms responsible for recruiting monocytes from the bloodstream into solid
tumors are now well characterized. However, recent evidence has shown that these cells …

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) can influence cancer progression and metastasis,
but the mechanism remains unclear. Here, we show that breast TAMs abundantly produce …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are promising candidates for adult cell therapies in
regenerative medicine. To fully exert their potential, efficient homing and migration toward …

Chemokines are a large family of small cytokines and generally have low molecular weight
ranging from 7 to 15kDa. Chemokines and their receptors are able to control the migration …

Macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α was identified 15 years ago as the first of now
four members of the MIP-1 CC chemokine subfamily. These proteins termed CCL3 (MIP-1α) …