title: HuMig: a new human member of the chemokine family of cytokines.
abstract: Characterization of lymphokine-activated genes in mouse macrophages led to the identification previously of Mumig, an interferon-gamma-inducible murine gene that encodes a member of the chemokine family of cytokines. The Mumig cDNA probe was used to screen a cDNA library prepared from cultures of the THP-1 human monocytic cell line that had been treated with interferon-gamma. This led to the identification of Humig, a new human member of the chemokine gene family. Humig is induced in THP-1 cells and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by interferon-gamma but not by interferon-alpha or by lipopolysaccharide. Analysis of mouse and human genomic DNAs suggested that the Mumig and Humig genes are true mouse-human homologues. The Humig mRNA encodes a predicted secreted HuMig protein of 103 residues, M(r) 11,725.
authors: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Farber
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D054370:Chemokine CXCL9; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: C080810:CXCL9 protein, human; D054370:Chemokine CXCL9; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; C485969:Cxcl9 protein, mouse; D016207:Cytokines; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D004247:DNA