• Purification of Chemokines from Natural Sources.- Cloning of Novel Chemokines Using a Signal Sequence Trap Method.- Chemokine Expression in Insect Cells.- Expression of Chemokines in Escherichia coli.- Expression of Chemokines in the Periplasmic Space of E. coli.- Synthesis of Chemokines.- Identification of Novel Chemokines From Expressed Sequence Tag Databases.- Purification of Recombinant Chemokines from E. coli.- Chemokine Receptor Cloning.- Generation of Stable Cell Lines Expressing Chemokine Receptors.- Modified Microchemotaxis Assays.- Transwell Chemotaxis.- Endothelial Cell Chemotaxis Assays.- Radiolabeled Chemokine Binding Assays.- Scintillation Proximity Binding Assay.- Calcium Mobilization.- Actin Polymerization.- Reactive Oxygen Release.- Histamine Release.- Measurement of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Activity.- Glycosaminoglycan Binding Assays.- CFU-A Assay for Measurement of the Antiproliferative Effects of Chemokines on Murine Early Hemopoietic Progenitors.- Downmodulation and Recycling of Chemokine Receptors.- Analysis of Chemokine Receptor Endocytosis and Recycling.- Chemokine Inhibition of HIV Infection.- 26The Production of Chemokine Specific Monoclonal Antibodies.- Monoclonal Antibodies to Chemokine Receptors.- Targeted Expression of Chemokines In vivo.- Chemokine Knockout Mice.- Chemokine Receptor Knockout Mice.- Measurement of Eosinophil Accumulation In vivo.- Murine Model of Allergic Lung Inflammation.- Murine Models of Airway Inflammation.- Rat Models of Respiratory Inflammation.- Murine Model of Crescentic Nephritis.- Rabbit Models of Pneumonia, Peritoneal Sepsis, and Lung Injury.

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