[attracts monocytes and memory T lymphocytes to the exclusion of other leukocytes such as neutrophils; it has been hypothesized that it plays a pathogenic role in a variety of diseases having a monocyte inflammatory component, such as atherosclerosis. ( CSP )]
UMLS (NCI) C0128897 - Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein
- Immunologic Factor
Relation/PAR: chemoattractant
chemoattractant cytokine