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The monocyte functional studies in vitro demonstrate that 0.5-10 nM levels of the fragment have significant chemotactic activity.
Evidence has accumulated to suggest that chemokines, such as CXCL8 (IL-8), CXCL5 (epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-activating protein), CCL2 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), CCL3 (macrophage inflammatory protein-1α) and CCL5 (RANTES), direct the migration of leukocytes into the RA synovium and joint fluid [ 8 ] . Chemokines occur in significantly elevated levels in human RA synovial fluid, where they are biologically active, and are expressed by cells of the synovium and cartilage.
The CD34 +cells called fibrocytes, which are present in monocyte fractions of human blood and develop a fibroblast morphology when grown on fibronectin, have features identical to those of circulating vascular endothelial cell progenitors [ 28] and are probably not BMPCs.
For instance, mRNA for the neuropeptide Y-like receptor (Acc# X71635), which was up-regulated in Tat expressing cells, was initially discovered as a G-protein coupled neuropeptide Y receptor, and later found to be homologous to the co-receptor CCR5 needed for HIV-1 infection of monocyte/macrophage cells.
Contaminating red cells were then lysed in distilled water, and the sample was applied to an LS separation column with a magnetic monocyte isolation kit in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions (Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn, CA).