CXCL6

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Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6 (CXCL6) is a small cytokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a chemoattractant for neutrophilic granulocytes.^[1][2] It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2.^[2] The gene for CXCL6 is located on human chromosome 4 in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.^[3][4]

[edit] References

1. ^ Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J (1993). "Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines". Biochemistry 32 (38): 10170-7. PMID 8399143. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J (1997). "Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties". Biochemistry 36 (9): 2716-23. PMID 9054580. 
3. ^ Modi W, Chen Z (1998). "Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids". Genomics 47 (1): 136-9. PMID 9465307. 
4. ^ O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J (1999). "Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4". Cytogenet Cell Genet 84 (1-2): 39-42. PMID 10343098. 

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