Interleukin-8
BE0000961ProteinHumansCXCL8
Chemotactic factor that mediates inflammatory response by attracting neutrophils, basophils, and T-cells to clear pathogens and protect the host from infection (PubMed:18692776, PubMed:7636208). It is acted on by 9 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- CXCL8
- UniProtKB entry
- P10145Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 99 residues · 11,098 Da
- Also known as
- C-X-C motif chemokine 8 · Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8 · Emoctakin · GCP-1 · Granulocyte chemotactic protein 1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Interleukin-8, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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