Has chotactic activity for neutrophils. Contributes to neutrophil activation during inflammation . Hatoregulatory chokine, which, in vitro, suppresses hatopoietic progenitor cell proliferation. KC(5-72) shows a highly enhanced hatopoietic activity.1 Publication
The platelet-derived growth factor-inducible KC gene encodes a secretory protein related to platelet alpha-granule proteins.Oquendo P., Alberta J., Wen D., Graycar J.L., Derynck R., Stiles C.D.J. Biol. Chem. 264:4133-4137(1989)
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