| chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 15 | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | CCL15 | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | SCYA15, HCC-2, NCC-3, SCYL3, MIP-5, Lkn-1, MIP-1d, HMRP-2B | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 6359 | ||||||
| HGNC | 10613 | ||||||
| OMIM | 601393 | ||||||
| PDB | 2HCC | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_032965 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q16663 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 17 q11.2 | ||||||
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Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 15 (CCL15) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family that is also known as leukotactin-1, MIP5 and HCC-2. CCL15 is expressed in liver, small intestine, colon, and in certain leukocytes and macrophages of the lung.[1] It is chemotactic for neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes and elicits its effects by binding to cell surface chemokine receptors like CCR1 and CCR3.[2][3] The human CCL15 gene spans four exons and is located in a head-to-tail orientation on chromosome 17 with the gene of another CC chemokine known as CCL14.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Pardigol et al. HCC-2, a human chemokine: gene structure, expression pattern, and biological activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 95: 6308-6313, 1998.
- ^ Youn et al. Molecular cloning of leukotactin-1: a novel human beta-chemokine, a chemoattractant for neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes, and a potent agonist at CC chemokine receptors 1 and 3. J. Immun. 159: 5201-5205, 1997.
- ^ Coulin et al. Characterization of macrophage inflammatory protein-5/human CC cytokine-2, a member of the macrophage-inflammatory-protein family of chemokines. Europ. J. Biochem. 248: 507-515, 1997.
- ^ Naruse et al. A YAC contig of the human CC chemokine genes clustered on chromosome 17q11.2. Genomics 34: 236-240, 1996.
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