Amino acids 22-114 of human Lymphotactin were used as the immunogen for the Lymphotactin antibody.
Chemokine (C motif) ligand (XCL1) is a small cytokine belonging to the XC chemokine family that is also known as lymphotactin. Muller et al. (1995) mapped the gene to chromosome 1q23 by FISH. The sequence of the deduced 114-amino acid protein is most homologous to the CC chemokines CCL8 and CCL3. It is found in high levels in spleen, thymus, intestine and peripheral blood leukocytes, and at lower levels in lung, prostate gland and ovary. XCL1 induces the migration of cells expressing XCR1.
