Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria- Instituto de La Princesa (IIS-IP), Madrid, Spain.
IMMED S.L., Immunological and Medicinal Products, Madrid, Spain.
Front Immunol. 2021 Mar 24;12:662866. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.662866. eCollection 2021.
The lymph node (LN) is an essential tissue for achieving effective immune responses but it is also critical in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Within the multitude of signaling pathways aberrantly regulated in CLL the homeostatic axis composed by the chemokine receptor CCR7 and its ligands is the main driver for directing immune cells to home into the LN. In this literature review, we address the roles of CCR7 in the pathophysiology of CLL, and how this chemokine receptor is of critical importance to develop more rational and effective therapies for this malignancy.
淋巴结(LN)是实现有效免疫反应的重要组织,但在慢性淋巴细胞白血病(CLL)的发病机制中也至关重要。在 CLL 中异常调节的众多信号通路中,由趋化因子受体 CCR7 及其配体组成的稳态轴是指导免疫细胞归巢到 LN 的主要驱动因素。在这篇文献综述中,我们探讨了 CCR7 在 CLL 病理生理学中的作用,以及这种趋化因子受体对开发更合理、更有效的这种恶性肿瘤疗法的重要性。