Scientific background: |
CXCL16, Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 16, is a small cytokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family. Larger than other chemokines (with 254 amino acids ), CXCL16 is composed of a CXC chemokine domain, a mucin-like stalk, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic tail containing a potential tyrosine phosphorylation site that may bind SH2. By somatic cell hybrid analysis, the CXCL16 gene is mapped to 17p13, a locus separate from all other known chemokines. Chemotaxis assays found that CXCL16 induced a strong chemotactic response in activated CD8 T cells. In addition, CXCL16 induced calcium mobilization. |
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