Chemokines and Their Role in Parasitic Diseases
Chemotactic cytokines (chemokines), the intercellular mediators, produced and released by a wide variety of cell types, are a group of small secreted proteins (8–10 KDa), which mediate host response to invading organisms (viruses, bacteria, parasites), trauma or tumor. The trafficking, recruiting an...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2004-05-01
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Series: | European Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X0400200201 |