期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1994
卷号:91
期号:11
页码:5109-5113
DOI:10.1073/pnas.91.11.5109
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Lymphocyte chemoattractant factor (LCF) is a lymphocyte cell product that stimulates a migratory response in CD4+ lymphocytes, monocytes, and eosinophils. In concert with its chemoattractant activity, LCF induces human T-lymphocyte expression of interleukin 2 receptor. Here we describe the molecular cloning of cDNA encoding human LCF. It is a novel interleukin with no significant homology to any previously described cytokine families. There is an absolute requirement for both autoaggregation of LCF monomers and for membrane-expressed CD4 molecules for LCF-induced migration in lymphocytes.