CCL23

chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 23
Identifiers
Symbol	CCL23
Alt. symbols	SCYA23, Ckb-8, MPIF-1, MIP-3, CKb8
Entrez	6368
HUGO	10622
OMIM	602494
PDB	1G91
RefSeq	NM_005064
UniProt	P55773
Other data
Locus	Chr. 17 q11.2

Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 23 (CCL23) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family that is also known as Macrophage inflammatory protein 3 (MIP-3) and Myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor 1 (MPIF-1). CCL23 is predominantly expressed in lung and liver tissue, but is also found in bone marrow and placenta.^[1] It is also expressed in some cell lines of myeloid origin. CCL23 is highly chemotactic for resting T cells and monocytes and slightly chemotactic for neutrophils. It has also been attributed to an inhibitory activity on hematopoietic progenitor cells.^[1] The gene for CCL23 is located on human chromosome 17 in a locus containing several other CC chemokines. CCL23 is a ligand for the chemokine receptor CCR1.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Patel et al. Molecular and functional characterization of two novel human C-C chemokines as inhibitors of two distinct classes of myeloid progenitors. J. Exp. Med. 185: 1163-1172, 1997.
2. ^ Berahovich et al. Proteolytic Activation of Alternative CCR1 Ligands in Inflammation. J. Immunol. 174:7341-7351, 2005.