chemokine
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This triggers the NK cells to rapidly produce the chemokine Ccl3.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
Using the chemokine Ccl3 as a "proof of principle," they discovered that its function in the immune defence against viruses is different than had been previously assumed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
Selective chemokine receptor usage by central nervous system myeloid cells in CCR2-red fluorescent protein knock-in mice.
From Nature ● Apr. 10, 2018
Nevertheless, autistic children did have high levels of a chemokine called MCP-1.
From Newsweek
Working independently, research teams from the U.S. and Belgium zeroed in on a single protein, called a chemokine, that lodges on the surface of all T cells.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next, the researchers said they plan to investigate if chemokines have taken on other functions, specifically in the immune system.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
The body produces these chemical substances, which we now call chemokines.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2023
As it shuts down interferons, his team reported in Cell in May, the virus also ramps up production of chemokines, a different set of messenger molecules that summon distant immune cells and trigger inflammation.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 8, 2020
RA signalling operates in a cell-autonomous fashion, via direct regulation of Rorgt, programming innate pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines and differentiation of LTi cells.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
These co-receptors, which usually bind to chemokines, present another target for anti-HIV drug development.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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