Description | Specificity: Natural and recombinant rat CCL7. There is no detectable cross-reactivity with other relevant proteins. Chemokine(C-C motif) ligand 7(CCL7) is a small cytokine known as a chemokine that was previously called monocyte-specific chemokine 3(MCP3). It belongs to the C-C chemokine family. By fluorescence in situ hybridization, mapped the MCP3 gene to chromosome 17q11.2-q12. MCP3 was identified as a physiologic substrate of gelatinase A. Cleaved MCP3 binds to CC-chemokine receptors-1, -2, and -3, but no longer induces calcium fluxes or promotes chemotaxis, and instead acts as a general chemokine antagonist that dampens inflammation, suggested that matrix metalloproteinases are both effectors and regulators of the inflammatory response. |
Other Names | C-C motif chemokine 7, Ccl7, CCL7_HUMAN, Chemokine CC Motif Ligand 7, Chemotactic protein 3, FIC, Intercrine/chemokine MARC, MARC, MCP 3, MCP-3, Monocyte chemoattractant protein 3, Monocyte chemotactic protein 3, NC28, RANTES, sis homolog, RP23-350G1.4, SCYA6, SCYA7, Small inducible cytokine A7, Small-inducible cytokine A7 |