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Definition of Chemokines
1. chemokine [n] - See also: chemokine
Medical Definition of Chemokines
1. 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. (12 Dec 1998)