Chemicals and Drugs

Chemokines

Class of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have the ability to attract and activate leukocytes. They can be divided into at least three structural branches: C; (CHEMOKINES, C); CC; (CHEMOKINES, CC); and CXC; (CHEMOKINES, CXC); according to variations in a shared cysteine motif.

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Abstract

Class of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have the ability to attract and activate leukocytes. They can be divided into at least three structural branches: C; (CHEMOKINES, C); CC; (CHEMOKINES, CC); and CXC; (CHEMOKINES, CXC); according to variations in a shared cysteine motif.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Chemokine
  • Chemotactic Cytokine
  • Chemotactic Cytokines
  • Cytokines, Chemotactic
  • Intercrine
  • Intercrines
  • Cytokine, Chemotactic

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30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

chemokines stands for CHEMOtactic cytoKINES; general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Chemotactic Factors (1992-1995)
  • Cytokines (1992-1995)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chemokines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018925. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018925
  2. Chemokines. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemokine
  3. Chemokines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421866