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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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemokines
Literary usage of Chemokines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Regarding the latter, in vitro studies have demonstrated that crocidolite can
directly activate alveolar type II cells to express the chemokines MIP-2 and ..."
2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Overwhelming evidence shows that the pulmonary macrophage can be stimulated by
asbestos to express and secrete multiple inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, ..."
3. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"Finally, the project is testing the central hypothesis that chemokines are ...
This test entails blocking the biologic activity of die chemokines with ..."
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