Table 2
Chemoattractant effects of cytokines
| Cytokine | Eosinophil | T cell | Monocyte | Neutrophil | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-8 | ± | +++ | “Primed” eosinophils | ||
| RANTES | ++ | Memory T cells | + | NK cells | |
| MCP-1 | + | + | ++ | Basophils | |
| MCP-3 | + | + | + | Dendritic cells | |
| MCP-4 | ++ | + | + | ||
| MIP-1α | CD8+ cells | ++ | Dendritic cells, NK cells | ||
| Eotaxin | +++ | Basophils | |||
| STCP-1 | Th2 cells | – | |||
| IL-2 | ++ | ||||
| IL-4 | Fibroblasts | ||||
| IL-5 | + | ||||
| IL-15 | + | ||||
| IL-16 | CD4+ T cells | ||||
| IL-1β | (+) | ++ | |||
| TNF-α | ++ | ||||
| SCF | Mast cells |
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IL = interleukin; MCP = monocyte chemoattractant protein; MIP = macrophage inflammatory protein; STCP = stimulated T cell chemoattractant protein; TNF = tumour necrosis; SCF = stem cell factor; NK = natural killer.
