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Monocyte Chemoattractant Proteins
Medical Definition: | Chemokines that are chemoattractants for monocytes. These CC chemokines (cysteines adjacent) number at least three including MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1. |
Guide Notes: | chemokines; MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1 is also available |
Previously Indexed: | Chemotactic Factors (1991-1995) |
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 - A chemokine that is a chemoattractant for human monocytes and may also cause cellular activation of specific functions related to host defense. It is produced by leukocytes of both monocyte and lymphocyte lineage and by fibroblasts during tissue injury. |
Monocyte Chemoattractant Proteins Medical Definitions and Terms
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