C-C mot chemokine 11, CCL 11, CCL11, CCL11_HUMAN, chemokine C-C mot ligand 11, Chemokine C C mot ligand 11, Chemokine CC Mot Ligand 11, Chemokine ligand 11, Eosinophil Chemotactic Protein, Eotaxin, eotaxin-1, MGC22554, SCYA 11, SCYA11, Small inducible cytokine A11, Small inducible cytokine subfamily A Cys Cys member 11, small inducible cytokine subfamily A Cys-Cys, member 11 eotaxin, Small inducible cytokine subfamily A member 11, Small-inducible cytokine A11,
This gene is one of several Cys-Cys (CC) cytokine genes clustered on the q-arm of chromosome 17. Cytokines are a family of secreted proteins involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. The CC cytokines are proteins characterized by two adjacent cysteines. The cytokine encoded by this gene displays chemotactic activity for eosinophils, but not mononuclear cells or neutrophils. This eosinophil specific chemokine assumed to be involved in eosinophilic inflammatory diseases such as atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma and parasitic infections. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
