Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13 (CXCL13), also known as B lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC) or B cell-attracting chemokine 1 (BCA-1), is a protein ligand that in humans is encoded by the CXCL13 gene.
Function
CXCL13 is a small chemokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family. As its other names suggest, this chemokine is selectively chemotactic for B cells belonging to both the B-1 and B-2 subsets, and elicits its effects by interacting with chemokine receptor CXCR5.34 CXCL13 and its receptor CXCR5 control the organization of B cells within follicles of lymphoid tissues5 and is expressed highly in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and gut of humans.6 The gene for CXCL13 is located on human chromosome 4 in a cluster of other CXC chemokines.7
In T lymphocytes, CXCL13 expression is thought to reflect a germinal center origin of the T cell, particularly a subset of T cells called follicular B helper T cells (or TFH cells). Hence, expression of CXCL13 in T-cell lymphomas, such as angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, is thought to reflect a germinal center origin of the neoplastic T-cells.8
External links
- Human CXCL13 genome location and CXCL13 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
- Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: O43927 (C-X-C motif chemokine 13) at the PDBe-KB.
References
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Ansel KM, Ngo VN, Hyman PL, Luther SA, Förster R, Sedgwick JD, Browning JL, Lipp M, Cyster JG (July 2000). "A chemokine-driven positive feedback loop organizes lymphoid follicles". Nature. 406 (6793): 309–14. doi:10.1038/35018581. PMID 10917533. S2CID 4369622. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩
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de Leval L, Rickman DS, Thielen C, Reynies A, Huang YL, Delsol G, Lamant L, Leroy K, Brière J, Molina T, Berger F, Gisselbrecht C, Xerri L, Gaulard P (June 2007). "The gene expression profile of nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma demonstrates a molecular link between angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and follicular helper T (TFH) cells". Blood. 109 (11): 4952–63. doi:10.1182/blood-2006-10-055145. PMID 17284527. https://doi.org/10.1182%2Fblood-2006-10-055145 ↩