PMID- 31145896 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191202 LR - 20191202 IS - 1873-3492 (Electronic) IS - 0009-8981 (Linking) VI - 495 DP - 2019 Aug TI - CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) in atherosclerosis: An underlying therapeutic target. PG - 538-544 LID - S0009-8981(19)31884-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cca.2019.05.022 [doi] AB - CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) is a specific chemokine ligand and plays a significant role in cell chemotaxis. Upon binding to CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) or CXCR7, CXCL12 can activate different signaling cascades to regulate cell proliferation, migration, and metabolism. CXCL12 exerts a pro-atherogenic action by aggravating multiple pathogenesis of atherogenesis, including dyslipidemia, inflammation, neointima hyperplasia, angiogenesis, and insulin resistance. Serum CXCL12 levels are also markedly increased in patients with atherosclerosis-associated disease. The present review focuses on recent advances in CXCL12 research in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis together with its clinical values. This may provide insight into potential novel therapies for atherosclerosis. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Gao, Jia-Hui AU - Gao JH AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, Medical Research Experiment Center, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China. FAU - Yu, Xiao-Hua AU - Yu XH AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, Medical Research Experiment Center, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China. FAU - Tang, Chao-Ke AU - Tang CK AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Key Laboratory for Atherosclerology of Hunan Province, Medical Research Experiment Center, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China. Electronic address: tangchaoke@qq.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190527 PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Chim Acta JT - Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry JID - 1302422 RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL12) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Atherosclerosis/*drug therapy/*metabolism/pathology MH - Chemokine CXCL12/biosynthesis/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy/*methods MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atherosclerosis OT - CXCL12 OT - CXCR4 OT - CXCR7 EDAT- 2019/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/04 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/31 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/05/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0009-8981(19)31884-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cca.2019.05.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Chim Acta. 2019 Aug;495:538-544. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.05.022. Epub 2019 May 27.