Chemokine

Introduction: Chemokine

Description of Chemokine

Chemokine: family of 8-10 KD cytokines; chemoattract leukocytes.
Source: CRISP

Chemokine: Class of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have the ability to attract and activate leukocytes. They can be divided into at least three structural branches: C; (CHEMOKINES, C); CC; (CHEMOKINES, CC); and CXC; (CHEMOKINES, CXC); according to variations in a shared cysteine motif.
Source: MeSH 2007

Chemokine: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Chemokine:

• Family
• Leukocytes

Terms associated with Chemokine:

More specific terms for Chemokine:

• IP 10 protein
• macrophage inflammatory protein
• monocyte chemoattractant protein 1

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Chemokine

• cytokine

Source - CRISP

The term Chemokine can be used for:

• chemoattractant cytokine
• chemotactic cytokine

Source: CRISP

The description of Chemokine may also be used for the following terms:

• RANTES

Source: CRISP

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