Definition of Chemokine
1. Noun. (context: protein immunology) Any of various cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes. ¹
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Definition of Chemokine
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Chemokine
1. Cytokines that are chemotactic for leucocytes. The first member of the family was IL-8 interleukin-8) but subsequently many other members have been identified. They can now be sub divided into two groups on the basis of the arrangement of a pair of conserved cysteines: the C x C group includes platelet Factor 4, platelet basic protein, interleukin 8, melanoma growth stimulatory protein, macrophage inflammatory protein 2, the C C group contains This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"TNF and increased chemokine expression in rat lung after particle exposure. ...
chemokine exprès- 23. sion by rat lung epithelial cells: effects of in vitro ..."
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