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MeSH Heading: Chemokines
Tree Number(s): D12.644.276.374.200; D12.776.467.374.200; D23.125.300; D23.469.200; D23.529.374.200
Unique ID: D018925
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018925
Annotation: chemokines stands for CHEMOtactic cytoKINES; general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Class of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have the ability to attract and activate leukocytes. They can be divided into at least three structural branches: C; (CHEMOKINES, C); CC; (CHEMOKINES, CC); and CXC; (CHEMOKINES, CXC); according to variations in a shared cysteine motif.
Entry Term(s): Chemokine; Chemotactic Cytokine; Chemotactic Cytokines; Cytokines, Chemotactic; Intercrine; Intercrines
Previous Indexing: Chemotactic Factors (1992-1995); Cytokines (1992-1995)
See Also: Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/02/17
Revision Date: 2020/04/09

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0028294
Scope Note: Class of pro-inflammatory cytokines that have the ability to attract and activate leukocytes. They can be divided into at least three structural branches: C; (CHEMOKINES, C); CC; (CHEMOKINES, CC); and CXC; (CHEMOKINES, CXC); according to variations in a shared cysteine motif.
Terms: Chemokines Preferred Term
Term UI T056397
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Chemotactic Cytokine
Term UI T000996798
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Intercrine
Term UI T000998663
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Chemotactic Cytokines
Term UI T056398
Date10/03/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Cytokines, Chemotactic
Term UI T056399
Date10/03/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Intercrines
Term UI T056400
Date10/03/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Chemokine
Term UI T000996092
Date11/13/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Chemokines MeSH Descriptor Data 2025