Solution structure of CXCL5--a novel chemokine and adipokine implicated in inflammation and obesity.

The chemokine CXCL5 is selectively expressed in highly specialized cells such as epithelial type II cells in the lung and white adipose tissue macrophages in muscle, where it mediates diverse functions from combating microbial infections by regulating neutrophil trafficking to promoting obesity by i...

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Main Authors: Krishna Mohan Sepuru, Krishna Mohan Poluri, Krishna Rajarathnam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3973705?pdf=render