title: Chemokines in inflammation and immunity.
abstract: Since the discovery of interleukin 8 (IL-8), about 50 chemokines have been characterized. Originally, they were considered as inducible mediators of inflammation, but in recent years, several chemokines have been identified that are expressed constitutively and function in the physiological traffic and homing of leukocytes.
authors.affiliation: Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, 3000 Bern, Switzerland. marco.baggiolini@tki.unibe.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baggiolini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loetscher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018925:Chemokines / Q000502:physiology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018925:Chemokines