RANTES Antibody

This gene is one of several chemokine genes clustered on the q-arm of chromosome 17. Chemokines form a superfamily of secreted proteins involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. The superfamily is divided into four subfamilies based on the arrangement of the N-terminal cysteine residues of the mature peptide. This chemokine, a member of the CC subfamily, functions as a chemoattractant for blood monocytes, memory T helper cells and eosinophils. It causes the release of histamine from basophils and activates eosinophils. This cytokine is one of the major HIV-suppressive factors produced by CD8+ cells. It functions as one of the natural ligands for the chemokine receptor chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5 (CCR5), and it suppresses in vitro replication of the R5 strains of HIV-1, which use CCR5 as a coreceptor. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode different isoforms.

CCL5, Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5, D17S136E, EoCP, T-cell specific protein p288, SCYA5, SISd, T cell-specific protein P228, Beta-chemokine RANTES, C-C motif chemokine 5, RANTES, SIS-delta, Small-inducible cytokine A5, T-cell-specific protein RANTES, TCP228