Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 26 (CCL26) (AA 24-94) protein
Description
Eotaxin-3 (CCL26) is a small cytokine that belongs to the CC chemokine family also known as TARC (thymus and activation regulated chemokine). CCL26 is major eotaxin produced and released by alveolar epithelial cells which is involved in autoregulation of CCR3 receptors and other eotaxins. Eotaxin-3 is involved in immunoregulatory and inflammatory processes. Eotaxin-3 specifically binds and stimulates chemotaxis in T cells and elicits its effects by interacting with the chemokine receptor CCR4. CCL26 exhibits chemotactic activity for normal peripheral blood eosinophils and basophils. Eotaxin-3 may play a part in the eosinophil accumulation in atopic diseases. Eotaxin-3 is overexpressed in eosinophilic esophagitis, and the expression level correlates with disease severity. Eotaxin-3 is expressed constitutively in thymus, but only briefly in phytohemagglutinin-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. CCL26 is one of two Cys-Cys (CC) cytokine genes clustered on the q arm of chromosome 7 Synonyms: C-C motif chemokine 26, Small-inducible cytokine A26, Eotaxin-3, Macrophage inflammatory protein 4-alpha, MIP-4-alpha, Thymic stroma chemokine-1, TSC-1, CC chemokine IMAC, CCL26, SCYA26, IMAC, MIP-4a, MGC126714, MIP-4alpha