Pathology Outlines

Stains
CXCR3

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 4 December 2015, last major update October 2013

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Definition / general | Positive staining - normal | Negative staining

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Definition / general

Also called CD183
Receptor for some chemokines; binding of chemokines to CD183 induces integrin activation, cytoskeletal changes and chemotactic migration in inflammation-associated effector T cells
CD183+ T cells detected in inflamed tissues of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, hepatitis C

Positive staining - normal

T cells in inflamed tissue, eosinophils, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, hematopoietic progenitors

Negative staining

Naïve T cells in peripheral blood