The Role of CXCL12 in Kidney Diseases: A Friend or Foe?
Background: Chemokines are a family of proteins mainly mediating the homing and migration of various cells.The CXC chemokine CXCL12 is a member of low-weight-molecular chemokines.In the kidney, CXCL12 is pivotal for renal development and exerts a modulatory effect in kidney diseases under different etiologic settings by binding with CXC chemokine r