Species Human Entrez 51192 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000217555 | |
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Aliases CKLF, C32, CKLF1, CKLF2, CKLF3, CKLF4, UCK-1, HSPC224, chemokine-like factor External IDs MGI: 1922708 HomoloGene: 9663 GeneCards: CKLF | ||
Chemokine-like factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CKLF gene.
The product of this gene is a cytokine. Cytokines are small proteins that have an essential role in the immune and inflammatory responses. This gene is one of several chemokine-like factor genes located in a cluster on chromosome 16. The protein encoded by this gene is a potent chemoattractant for neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes. It also can stimulate the proliferation of skeletal muscle cells. This protein may play important roles in inflammation and in the regeneration of skeletal muscle. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.
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