Uniprot ID | P10145 | ||
Protein Name | Interleukin-8 | ||
Gene Name | CXCL8 | ||
Species | Homo sapiens (Human) |
Signal peptide(a) | Y | Secretome P(b) | 0.584 |
Function | IL-8 is a chemotactic factor that attracts neutrophils, basophils, and T-cells, but not monocytes. It is also involved in neutrophil activation. It is released from several cell types in response to an inflammatory stimulus. IL-8(6-77) has a 5-10-fold higher activity on neutrophil activation, IL-8(5-77) has increased activity on neutrophil activation and IL-8(7-77) has a higher affinity to receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 as compared to IL-8(1-77), respectively. . | ||
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