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[chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 2] approved gene symbol for a member of a group of cytokines generally known as chemokines. Members of this group of so-called CXC-Chemokines belong to the SCY family of cytokines and are designated CXCL (L for ligand) followed by a number (Zlotnik and Yoshie, 2000).
CXCL2 has been identified independently as CINC-2-alpha, GRO2, GRO-beta, MIP-2-alpha, MGSA-beta. An older designation is SCYB2 [small inducible cytokine subfamily B member 2].
Yang et al (2003) have shown that CXCL2 acts as a defense peptide that possesses antimicrobial activity and is active against
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