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. 2018 Apr 4;9:557. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00557

Table 2.

Chemokine structural and synonymous nomenclature.

Structural name Acronym for alias Common name/alias
C–C motif
CCL1 I-309
CCL2 MCP-1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
CCL3 MIP-1α Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α
CCL4 MIP-1β Macrophage inflammatory protein-1β
CCL5 RANTES Regulated on activation normally T cell expressed and secreted
CCL6 HCC-4
CCL7 MCP-3 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-3
CCL8 MCP-2 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-2
CCL9 (Murine)
CCL10
CCL11 Eotaxin-1 Eosinophil chemotactic protein-1
CCL12 MCP-5 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-5
CCL13 MCP-4 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-4
CCL14 HCC-1
CCL15 MIP-5 Macrophage inflammatory protein-5
CCL16 MTN-1 Monotactin-1
CCL17 TARC Thymus and activation regulated chemokine
CCL18 MIP-4 Macrophage inflammatory protein-4
CCL19 MIP-3β Macrophage inflammatory protein-3β
CCL20 MIP-3α Macrophage inflammatory protein-3α
CCL21 SLC Secondary lymphoid tissue derived cytokine
CCL22 MDC Macrophage-derived chemokine
CCL23 MIP-3 Macrophage inflammatory protein-3
CCL24 Eotaxin-2 Eosinophil chemotactic protein-2
CCL25 TECK Thymus expressed chemokine
CCL26 Eotaxin 3 Eosinophil chemotactic protein-3
CCL27 CTACK Cutaneous T cell-attracting chemokine
CCL28 MEC Mucosae-associated epithelial chemokine

C–X–C motif
CXCL1 GRO-α Growth-related oncogene
CXCL2 GRO-β Growth-related oncogene
CXCL3 GRO-γ Growth-related oncogene
CXCL4 CD184 (Platelet-derived chemokine)
CXCL5 (Murine)
CXCL6 GCP2 Granulocyte chemotactic protein 2
CXCL7 TCK-1 Thymus chemokine-1
CXCL8 IL-8 Interleukin-8
CXCL9 Mig Macrophage inflammatory protein-1γ
CXCL10 IP-10 Interferon-γ-inducible protein-10
CXCL11 I-TAC Interferon-inducible T cell alpha chemokine
CXCL12 SDF-1α Stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha
CXCL13 BCA-1 B cell attractant-1
CXCL14 MIP-2γ Macrophage inflammatory protein-2γ
CXCL15 Lungkine
CXCL16 ROCK1 Rho associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase-1
CXCL17 GPR35 G protein-coupled receptor ligand 35

C- motif
XCL Lymphotactin

C–X–3C motif
CX3CL1 Fractalkine

Reference (Zlotnik00).