ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF CHEMOKINES AND THEIR RECEPTORS

Chemokines are small proteins inducible in a number of pathophysiologi cal processes. IL-8 binds polymorphonuclear neutrophils and resulted t o be chemoattractant for these cells. Here J.J. Oppenheim, et. al. she d light on IL-8 and a number of other chemoattractive cytokines that h ave been identified over the past 8 years on their attractive properti es and their receptors. This mini review is a summary of the lecture p resented at the Meeting on Cytokines, AIDS, and Immunity held on Febru ary 28, 1994 at the University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy,