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CXCL8 Chemokines in Teleost Fish: Two Lineages with Distinct Expression Profiles during Early Phases of Inflammation
26 Aug 2010
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BACKGROUND: During the inflammatory process, chemokine CXCL8 plays a pivotal role in recruitment of human neutrophilic granulocytes. A diversity of sequences similar to CXCL8 was reported in fish, but their evolutionary relationships and functional homology with their human homolog remain unclear. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We screened fish genomes to seek for sequences related to CXCL8. A first lineage was retrieved in...
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