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Facts about C-X-C motif chemokine 15.
Chemotactic for neutrophils.
Involved in lung-specific neutrophil trafficking during normal and inflammatory conditions..
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Cxcl15 |
| Uniprot: | Q9WVL7 |
| Entrez: | 20309 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| intercrine alpha (chemokine CxC) family |

CXCL15; Il8; IL-8; Lungkine; Scyb15; Weche
Mass (kDA):
19.091 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5 E1|5 44.78 cM |
| Sequence: | 5; |
Expression restricted to the lung, produced by bronchoepithelial cells and is released into the airways. Expressed at low levels in fetal lung.



PMID: 10228029 by Rossi D.L., et al. Lungkine, a novel CXC chemokine, specifically expressed by lung bronchoepithelial cells.
PMID: 11207292 by Chen S.C., et al. Impaired pulmonary host defense in mice lacking expression of the CXC chemokine lungkine.