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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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Aspects Covered
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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Previous Indexing
- Chemotactic Factors (1992-1995)
- Cytokines (1992-1995)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chemokines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018925. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018925
- Chemokines. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemokine
- Chemokines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421866