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Review
. 1998 Jun;10(3):179-85.
doi: 10.1006/smim.1998.0128.

A novel CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1 and its receptor CXCR4: their functions in development, hematopoiesis and HIV infection

T Nagasawa  1 , K Tachibana, T Kishimoto
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A novel CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1 and its receptor CXCR4: their functions in development, hematopoiesis and HIV infection

T Nagasawa et al. Semin Immunol. 1998 Jun.

Abstract

PBSF/SDF-1 is a CXC chemokine which has unique functions among chemokines. It is essential for viability of the embryo, B lymphopoiesis, bone marrow hematopoiesis and cardiogenesis. A receptor for PBSF/SDF-1 was shown to be CXCR4 that is an entry co-receptor for T cell line-tropic HIV-1. Although murine cells had been thought to have no functional co-receptors, murine CXCR4 allowed entry of HIV-1 into target cells with human CD4. In addition, a small molecule CXCR4 inhibitor that blocks HIV-1 entry was identified.

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