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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2005 Oct;4(10):834–844. doi: 10.1038/nrd1852

Table 2.

Receptor selectivity of chemokines (continued from Table 1)

Chemokines (systematic name) Receptor(s) activated
C
Lymphotactin (XCL1) XCR1
CXC
GRO-α (CXCL1) CXCR2
GRO-β (CXCL2) CXCR2
GRO-γ (CXCL3) CXCR2
PF4 (CXCL4) CXCR3B
ENA78 (CXCL5) CXCR2
GCP2 (CXCL6) CXCR1, CXCR2
NAP2 (CXCL7) CXCR2
IL8 (CXCL8) CXCR1, CXCR2
Mig (CXCL9) CXCR3
IP10 (CXCL10) CXCR3
ITAC (CXCL11) CXCR3
SDF1 (CXCL12) CXCR4
BLC (CXCL13) CXCR5
BRAK (CXCL14) Unknown
Lungkine (CXCL15) Unknown
SRPSOX (CXCL16) CXCR6
CXXXC
Fractalkine (CX3CL1) CX3CR1

Classification system of the various chemokines, including the receptors that they activate. Chemokines are classified based on their structure, with most falling into the CXC- and CC-chemokine classes. Most chemokines have a common name and a systematic name. Chemokines activate a family of receptors known as the G-protein-coupled receptors, and most are able to activate more than one. BLC, B lymphocyte chemoattractant; BRAK, breast- and kidney-expressed chemokine; CCLx, CC ligand; CCRx, CC receptor; ELC, Epstein–Barr virus-induced molecule 1 ligand chemokine; ENA, epithelial neutrophil-activating protein; GCP, granulocyte chemotactic protein; GRO, growth-related oncogene; HCC, haemofiltrate CC chemokine; IL, interleukin; IP, interferon-γ-inducible protein; ITAC, interferon-γ-inducible T cell α chemoattractant; LARC, liver and activation-regulated chemokine; MCP, monocyte chemoattractant protein; MDC, macrophage-derived chemokine; Mig, monokine induced by interferon-γ; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; MPIF, myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor; NAP, neutrophil-activating peptide; PARC, pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine; PF4, platelet factor 4; RANTES, regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted; SDF, stromal cell-derived factor; SLC, secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine; SRPSOX, scavenger receptor that binds phosphatidylserine and oxidized lipoprotein; TARC, thymus and activation-regulated chemokine; TECK, thymus-expressed chemokine.