[HTML][HTML] More than just attractive: how CCL2 influences myeloid cell behavior beyond chemotaxis

M Gschwandtner, R Derler, KS Midwood - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1/CCL2) is renowned for its ability to drive the
chemotaxis of myeloid and lymphoid cells. It orchestrates the migration of these cell types …

Targeting the CCL2–CCR2 axis for atheroprotection

MK Georgakis, J Bernhagen, LH Heitman… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Decades of research have established atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease. Only
recently though, clinical trials provided proof-of-concept evidence for the efficacy of anti …

[HTML][HTML] Mast cells and inflammation

TC Theoharides, KD Alysandratos, A Angelidou… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2012 - Elsevier
Mast cells are well known for their role in allergic and anaphylactic reactions, as well as their
involvement in acquired and innate immunity. Increasing evidence now implicates mast cells …

Chemokines and chemokine receptors in leukocyte trafficking

TS Olson, K Ley - American Journal of Physiology …, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
Chemokines regulate inflammation, leukocyte trafficking, and immune cell differentiation.
The role of chemokines in homing of naive T lymphocytes to secondary lymphatic organs is …

Differential release of mast cell mediators and the pathogenesis of inflammation

TC Theoharides, D Kempuraj, M Tagen… - Immunological …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mast cells are well known for their involvement in allergic and anaphylactic reactions, during
which immunoglobulin E (IgE) receptor (FcɛRI) aggregation leads to exocytosis of the …

Critical role of mast cells in inflammatory diseases and the effect of acute stress

TC Theoharides, DE Cochrane - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2004 - Elsevier
Mast cells are not only necessary for allergic reactions, but recent findings indicate that they
are also involved in a variety of neuroinflammatory diseases, especially those worsened by …

Recent advances in our understanding of mast cell activation–or should it be mast cell mediator disorders?

TC Theoharides, I Tsilioni, H Ren - Expert review of clinical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: An increasing number of patients present with multiple symptoms affecting
many organs including the brain due to multiple mediators released by mast cells. These …

[HTML][HTML] Mast cells, angiogenesis, and tumour growth

D Ribatti, E Crivellato - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Accumulation of mast cells (MCs) in tumours was described by Ehrlich in his doctoral thesis.
Since this early account, ample evidence has been provided highlighting participation of …

Mast cells: the Jekyll and Hyde of tumor growth

TC Theoharides, P Conti - Trends in immunology, 2004 - cell.com
Mast cells accumulate in the stroma surrounding certain tumors, especially mammary
adenocarcinoma, and molecules they secrete could benefit the tumor. These include …

The critical role of mast cells in allergy and inflammation

TC Theoharides… - Annals of the new York …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Mast cells are well known for their involvement in allergic and anaphylactic reactions, but
recent findings implicate them in a variety of inflammatory diseases affecting different …