- CCL18
protein
Name = chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18
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HGNCid = 10616
Symbol = CCL18
AltSymbols = SCYA18, DC-CK1, PARC, AMAC-1, DCCK1, MIP-4, CKb7
EntrezGene = 6362
OMIM = 603757
RefSeq = NM_002988
UniProt = P55774
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Chromosome = 17
Arm = q
Band = 11.2
LocusSupplementaryData =Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 (CCL18) is a small
cytokine belonging to the CCchemokine family that was previously called PARC (pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine). CCL18 is approximately 60% identical in amino acid sequence toCCL3 . It is expressed at high levels inlung and at lower levels in certainlymphoid tissue s, such as thelymph node s, and ischemotactic for activatedT cell s and nonactivatedlymphocyte s.Hieshima et al. A novel human CC chemokine PARC that is most homologous to macrophage-inflammatory protein-1-alpha/LD78-alpha and chemotactic for T lymphocytes, but not for monocytes. J. Immun. 159: 1140-1149, 1997.] The gene for human CCL18 contains threeexon s and is located onchromosome 17 . [Tasaki et al. Chemokine PARC gene (SCYA18) generated by fusion of two MIP-1-alpha/LD78-alpha-like genes. Genomics 55: 353-357, 1999.]References
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