title: Chemokine signaling in development and disease.
abstract: Chemokines are a group of small, secreted molecules that signal through G protein-coupled receptors to promote cell survival and proliferation and to provide directional guidance to migrating cells. CXCL12 is one of the most evolutionary conserved chemokines and signals through the chemokine receptor CXCR4 to guide cell migration during embryogenesis, immune cell trafficking and cancer metastasis. Here and in the accompanying poster, we provide an overview of chemokine signaling, focusing on CXCL12, and we highlight some of the different chemokine-dependent strategies used to guide migrating cells.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Genetics Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Developmental Genetics Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA holger.knaut@med.nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Knaut
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12 / Q000378:metabolism; D018925:Chemokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D018925:Chemokines
keywords: CXCL12; CXCR4; Cell migration; Chemokine; GPCR