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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. immunologic factors
  3. cytokines
  4. chemokines
  5. alpha chemokines
  6. chemokine CXCL16
  1. Fields of Study
  2. peptides
  3. cytokines
  4. chemokines
  5. alpha chemokines
  6. chemokine CXCL16
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. peptides
  3. cytokines
  4. chemokines
  5. alpha chemokines
  6. chemokine CXCL16

Preferred term

chemokine CXCL16

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Chemokine CXCL16 is a transmembrane chemokine which gene is highly expressed in spleen, lymph nodes, Peyer patches, lung, kidney, small intestine and thymus. Ligand of CXCL16 and chemokine receptor CXCR6 functions in interactions between dendritic cells and T cells and in regulating T-cell migration in the spleen.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 16
  • CXC chemokine ligand 16
  • C-X-C motif chemokine 16
  • small-inducible cytokine B16
  • srpsox protein
  • transmembrane chemokine CXCL16

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/243643

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