CCL21/6Ckine Products

Description

This gene is one of several CC cytokine genes clustered on the p-arm of chromosome 9. Cytokines are a family of secreted proteins involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. The CC cytokines are proteins characterized by two adjacent cysteines. Similar to other chemokines the protein encoded by this gene inhibits hemopoiesis and stimulates chemotaxis. This protein is chemotactic in vitro for thymocytes and activated T cells, but not for B cells, macrophages, or neutrophils. The cytokine encoded by this gene may also play a role in mediating homing of lymphocytes to secondary lymphoid organs. It is a high affinity functional ligand for chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) that is expressed on T and B lymphocytes and a known receptor for another member of the cytokine family (small inducible cytokine A19). [provided by RefSeq]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	6366 Human
Uniprot	NP_002980.1 Human
Product By Gene ID	6366
Alternate Names	6Ckine 6CkineSmall-inducible cytokine A21 Beta-chemokine exodus-2 CCL21 chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21 CKb9 exodus-2 member 21 SCYA21 SCYA21MGC34555 secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine SLC SLCSecondary lymphoid-tissue chemokine TCA-4

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