Concept information
Preferred term
interleukin-8
Type
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Chemical
Definition
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Interleukin-8 is secreted by several cell types and is one of the major mediators of the inflammatory response. It functions as a chemoattractant, and is also a potent angiogenic factor.
Broader concept
Synonyms
- chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8
- CXC chemokine ligand 8
- CXCL8 chemokine
- GCP-1 (granulocyte chemotactic protein-1)
- granulocyte chemotactic protein-1
- IL-8
- interleukin 8
- LUCT (lung carcinoma-derived chemotaxin)
- lung carcinoma-derived chemotaxin
- lymphocyte-derived neutrophil-activating peptide
- LYNAP (lymphocyte-derived neutrophil-activating peptide)
- MDNCF (monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor)
- MONAP (Monocyte-derived neutrophil-activating peptide)
- monocyte-derived neutrophil-activating peptide
- monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor
- NAF-1 (neutrophil-activating factor-1
- NAF (neutrophil chemotactic factor)
- NAP-1 (neutrophil-activating peptide-1)
- NAP1 (neutrophil-activating peptide 1)
- neutrophil-activating factor-1
- neutrophil-activating peptide-1
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47516
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