PMID- 24722947 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141201 LR - 20211021 IS - 1432-1440 (Electronic) IS - 0946-2716 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 5 DP - 2014 May TI - CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) and its receptor CXCR4. PG - 433-9 LID - 10.1007/s00109-014-1123-8 [doi] AB - Chemokines were recognized originally for their ability to dictate the migration and activation of leukocytes. However, CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12, also known as stromal cell-derived factor-1) and its receptor CXCR4 are the first chemokine and receptor that have been shown to be critical for developmental processes, including homing and maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), production of immune cells, homing of primordial germ cells (PGCs), cardiogenesis, arterial vessel branching in some organs, and appropriate assemblies of particular types of neurons. This review focuses on the pathophysiological relevance of CXCL12-CXCR4 signaling in mammals. FAU - Nagasawa, Takashi AU - Nagasawa T AD - Department of Immunobiology and Hematology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan, tnagasa@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20140411 PL - Germany TA - J Mol Med (Berl) JT - Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) JID - 9504370 RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL12) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CXCL12/analysis/*immunology/metabolism MH - Hematopoiesis MH - Humans MH - Immune System/cytology MH - Neoplasms/immunology/pathology MH - Neovascularization, Physiologic MH - Neurogenesis MH - Receptors, CXCR4/analysis/*immunology/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction EDAT- 2014/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/04/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00109-014-1123-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Med (Berl). 2014 May;92(5):433-9. doi: 10.1007/s00109-014-1123-8. Epub 2014 Apr 11.