Recombinant Human MIP-4 (CCL18)

CCL18, also designated dendritic cell (DC)3-derived CC chemokine 1, pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine, alternative macrophage activation-associated CC chemokine 1, and MIP-4, is a human chemokine structurally related to CCL3. CCL18 was shown to be expressed in germinal centers of tonsils by dendritic cells and to attract mainly naive T cells, CD38 mantle zone B lymphocytes and DC. The production of CCL18 by APC is enhanced by Th2 cytokines like IL-4 and IL-13 and suppressed by IFN-gamma.