Signaling mechanisms for regulation of chemotaxis

Cell Res. 2005 Jan;15(1):52-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290265.

Abstract

Chemotaxis is a fascinating biological process, through which a cell migrates along a shallow chemoattractant gradient that is less than 5% difference between the anterior and posterior of the cell. Chemotaxis is composed of two independent, but interrelated processes-motility and directionality, both of which are regulated by extracellular stimuli, chemoattractants. In this mini-review, recent progresses in the understanding of the regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis by chemoattractant signaling are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Lineage
  • Cell Movement
  • Chemotaxis*
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes / cytology
  • Models, Biological
  • Neutrophils / cytology
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*
  • cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein / metabolism

Substances

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein