Scientific background: |
CCR6, also termed CKRL3, encodes a 369-amino acid polypeptide with greatest similarity to the family of alpha-chemokine-binding receptors. Unlike most chemokine receptor genes, it is encoded by more than 1 exon. Weakly expressed as a 4-kb transcript in spleen, lymph nodes, peripheral blood lymphocytes and appendix, CCR6 gene is located at 6q27. As the receptor for MIP-3-alpha, its activation leads to phospholipase C-dependent intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization. Additionally, CCR6 are markedly upregulated in psoriasis. |
References: |
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2. Liao, F.; Lee, H.-H.; Farber, J. M. : Cloning of STRL22, a new human gene encoding a G-Protein-coupled receptor related to chemokine receptors and located on chromosome 6q27. Genomics 40: 175-180, 1997.
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