The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Interleukin 8 across different species:

interleukin 8 (IL8), interleukin 8 (il8), interleukin 8 (Il8)

Other aliases include:

NAF, GCP1, LECT, LUCT, NAP1, CXCL8, GCP-1, LYNAP, MDNCF, MONAP, NAP-1, IL-8, IL8, K60, EMF-1, AMCF-I, il8, si:dkey-151b16.2, cxcli2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Interleukin 8:

interleukin 8 – emoctakin – T cell chemotactic factor – neutrophil-activating peptide 1 – chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8 – beta-thromboglobulin-like protein – granulocyte chemotactic protein 1 – monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor – small inducible cytokine subfamily B, member 8 – lymphocyte-derived neutrophil-activating factor – interleukin-8 – C-X-C motif chemokine 8 – neutrophil activating peptide 1 – CEF-4/9E3 cytokine – RSV-induced protein – putatitve interleukin-8 – embryo fibroblast protein 1 – transformation-induced protein – IL-8 – alveolar macrophage chemotactic factor I – alveolar macrophage-derived chemotactic factor-I – cxcl8 – cxcl-chr1b – RPF1 – NAP-1 – permeability factor 1 – neutrophil attractant/activation protein 1 – neutrophil attractant/activation protein-1 – Interleukin-8 – Neutrophil attractant protein 1 – neutrophil attractant protein-1

Interleukin 8 fulfills a number of functions:

chemokine activity – interleukin-8 receptor binding – protein binding – growth factor activity

Interleukin 8 is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – angiogenesis – calcium-mediated signaling – cell cycle arrest – cell motion – chemotaxis – immune response – induction of positive chemotaxis – inflammatory response – intracellular signaling cascade – negative regulation of cell proliferation – neutrophil activation – neutrophil chemotaxis – regulation of cell adhesion – regulation of retroviral genome replication

Locations for Interleukin 8:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology

Interleukin 8 (IL8) ELISA Kit (ABIN414016) cited in Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E

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