CCL26
Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 26 (CCL26) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family that is also called Eotaxin-3, Macrophage inflammatory protein 4-alpha (MIP-4-alpha), Thymic stroma chemokine-1 (TSC-1), and IMAC. It is expressed by several tissues including heart, lung and ovary, and in endothelial cells that have been stimulated with the cytokine interleukin 4.[1][2] CCL26 is chemotactic for eosinophils and basophils and elicits its effects by binding to the cell surface chemokine receptor CCR3.[3] This gene for chemokine is located on human chromosome 7.[4]
| chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 26 | |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | CCL26 |
| Alt. symbols | SCYA26, MIP-4alpha, eotaxin-3, IMAC, MIP-4a, TSC-1 |
| NCBI gene | 10344 |
| HGNC | 10625 |
| OMIM | 604697 |
| PDB | 1G2T |
| RefSeq | NM_006072 |
| UniProt | Q9Y258 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 7 q11.2 |
References
- Shinkai et al. A novel human CC chemokine, eotaxin-3, which is expressed in IL-4-stimulated vascular endothelial cells, exhibits potent activity toward eosinophils. J. Immunol. 163:1602-1610, 1999.
- Guo et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human CC chemokine, SCYA26. Genomics 58:313-317, 1999.
- Kitaura et al. Molecular cloning of a novel human CC chemokine (Eotaxin-3) that is a functional ligand of CC chemokine receptor 3. J. Biol. Chem. 274:27975-27980, 1999.
- Hillier et al. The DNA sequence of human chromosome 7. Nature 424:157-164, 2003.
External links
- CCL26 human gene location in the UCSC Genome Browser.
- CCL26 human gene details in the UCSC Genome Browser.
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