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chemokine

American  
[kee-moh-kahyn] / ˈki moʊˌkaɪn /

noun

  • chemokines
    plural
  1. Immunology. a type of cytokine, secreted by certain cells, that chemically attracts white blood cells to sites of inflammation or infection.


chemokine Scientific  
/ kē′mō-kīn′ /
  1. See cytokine


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In order to understand how these signalling proteins coordinate immune cells, researchers from Bonn took a closer look at the chemokine Ccl3.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

The absence of CCR2 leads to another effect: an excess of the chemokine CCL-2.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 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

After finding they can be infected by RSV, researchers found RSV induced the release of chemokines -- proteins that fight infections by controlling immune cells -- and caused significant inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

The body produces these chemical substances, which we now call chemokines.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2023

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

One hallmark of these events is a deluge of chemical messengers called cytokines and chemokines into tissues and the blood, promoting inflammation.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 15, 2011

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