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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1): an overview.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Jun 2009
Deshmane Satish L, Kremlev Sergey, Amini Shohreh, Sawaya Bassel E
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Chemokines constitute a family of chemoattractant cytokines and are subdivided into four families on the basis of the number and spacing of the conserved cysteine residues in the N-terminus of the protein. Chemokines play a major role in selectively recruiting monocytes, neutrophils, and lymphocytes, as well as in inducing chemotaxis through the activation of G-protein-coupled receptors. Monocyte chemoattractant...
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