Chemokines
Description
  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.
Synonyms
  Chemotactic Cytokines
Cytokines, Chemotactic
Intercrines
Parents
  Cytokines
Inflammation Mediators
Chemotactic Factors
Children
  beta-Thromboglobulin
Chemokines, C
Chemokines, CC
Chemokines, CX3C
Chemokines, CXC
Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins
See Also
  Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
Experts
  Avery August
Jacqueline M. Crisman
Christopher Norbury
Charles Palmer
W. Brian Reeves
Tree Numbers
  D12.644.276.374.200
D12.776.467.374.200
D23.125.300
D23.469.200
D23.529.374.200
MeSH ID
  D018925

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