Clinical implications of chemokines and their receptors in transfusion medicine and transplantation

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chemokines, chemokine receptors, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, graft-vs-host disease, transfusion reactions

Abstract

Introduction: Chemokines are secreted proteins with size in the range of 8-10 kDa, with numerous functions in normal and pathological physiology. The term derives from the words chemotactic cytokines, reflecting its important role in the chemoattraction of leukocytes. However, the evidence shows that chemokines have many other functions such as intercellular communication, cell activation and cell cycle regulation.

Objetive: To present current knowledge about chemokines and their receptors, and the clinical significance of these in transfusion medicine and transplantation.

Method: A review of the literature was made, in English and Spanish, through the PubMed website and the Google academic search engine of articles published in the last 10 years. An analysis and summary of the revised bibliography was made.

Developing: The transcription of most of the chemokine genes is inducible and occurs in response to specific cellular stimuli. Chemokines play an important role in the mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells for the transplantation and localization of transplanted hematopoietic progenitor cells. In the ABO incompatibility models, the CXC and CC chemokines are produced at high levels.

Conclusions: There are many opportunities for future research on chemokines in transfusion medicine due to their considerable redundancy and superposition in the biological function of these molecules and their receptors. They are just one part of a much larger and more complex process within the network of cytokines and other molecules of the immune system.


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Gilberto Soler Noda, Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología

Licenciado en Tecnología de la Salud, especialidad Medicina Transfusional. MSc. Bioquímica, mencion Inmunología, Profesor e Investigador Auxiliar, Miembro de la Sociedad Cubana de Hematología, Miembro de la Sociedad Cubana de Inmunología

Published

2021-04-06

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Soler Noda G. Clinical implications of chemokines and their receptors in transfusion medicine and transplantation. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [Internet]. 2021 Apr. 6 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];37(1). Available from: https://revhematologia.sld.cu/index.php/hih/article/view/1101

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