Definition of "eotaxin" []

• Chemokine (noun)

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• "Their recruitment to inflammatory sites occurs in response to chemotactic and activation signals, such as eotaxin and interleukin-5, and is a tightly controlled process."
• "Irrespective of its source (milk or neutrophil derived), LTF inhibits eotaxin-stimulated eosinophil migration with no effects on eosinophil viability."
• "A recent analysis of inflammatory markers in MDD patients using a cytokine panel has confirmed the elevation of pro-inflammatory interleukins and highlighted abnormalities in additional factors, such as MIP-1 and eotaxin, not previously implicated in MDD"