Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-3alpha (MIP-3a) ELISA Kit for Monkey

This antimicrobial gene belongs to the subfamily of small cytokine CC genes. Cytokines are a family of secreted proteins involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. The CC cytokines are proteins characterized by two adjacent cysteines. The protein encoded by this gene displays chemotactic activity for lymphocytes and can repress proliferation of myeloid progenitors. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]

CCL20: Chemotactic factor that attracts lymphocytes and, slightly, neutrophils, but not monocytes. Inhibits proliferation of myeloid progenitors in colony formation assays. May be involved in formation and function of the mucosal lymphoid tissues by attracting lymphocytes and dendritic cells towards epithelial cells. C-terminal processed forms have been shown to be equally chemotactically active for leukocytes. Possesses antibacterial activity E.coli 25922 and S.aureus 29213. Belongs to the intercrine beta (chemokine CC) family. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.

Protein type: Chemokine; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Secreted; Secreted, signal peptide

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 2q36.3

Cellular Component: extracellular region; extracellular space; intracellular

Molecular Function: CCR6 chemokine receptor binding; chemokine activity; protein binding

Biological Process: cell-cell signaling; chemotaxis; defense response to bacterium; G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway; immune response; inflammatory response; lymphocyte chemotaxis; monocyte chemotaxis; neutrophil chemotaxis; positive regulation of GTPase activity; positive regulation of interleukin-1 alpha biosynthetic process; positive regulation of nitric-oxide synthase biosynthetic process; signal transduction; wound healing