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Official Full Name: C-C motif chemokine ligand 19
Also known as: ELC; CKb11; MIP3B; MIP-3b; SCYA19
This antibacterial gene is one of several CC cytokine genes clustered on the p-arm of chromosome 9. Cytokines are a family of secreted proteins involved in immunomodulatory and inflammatory processes. CC cytokines are proteins characterized by two adjacent cysteines. The cytokines encoded by this gene may play a role in normal lymphocyte cycling and homing. It also plays an important role in the trafficking of T cells within the thymus and the migration of T cells and B cells to secondary lymphoid organs. It specifically binds the chemokine receptor CCR7.