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Proteolytic regulatory mechanism of chemerin bioactivity
Xiao-Yan Du1, Lawrence L K Leung
1Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. duxiaoyan@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Chemerin is a novel chemoattractant recognized by chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1), a serpentine receptor expressed primarily by plasmacytoid dendritic cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages. Human prochemerin circulates in plasma as an inactive precursor. Its chemotactic activity is expressed upon cleavage of the C-terminal amino acid residues by proteases of the coagulation, fibrinolytic, and inflammatory system. The C-terminal cleavage site of prochemerin is highly conservative, indicating that the proteolytic regulation of chemerin bioactivity is a common mechanism undertaken by different species. In this review, we summarized chemerin-proteases interactions, chemerin receptors, and their importance in normal and pathologic conditions.
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