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	'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100\|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1229776 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>		'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100\|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1229776 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209\|s2cid=8087808 }}</ref>

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	'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>		'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100\|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1229776 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>

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	'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|~~author~~=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|~~author~~=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|~~author~~=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|~~author~~=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>		'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|vauthors=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>

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	'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|author=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|author=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>		'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|author=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|author=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>


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	'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|author=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|author=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=~~1-2~~ \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>		'''Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6''' (CXCL6) is a small [[cytokine]] belonging to the CXC [[chemokine]] family that is also known as granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2). As its former name suggests, CXCL6 is a [[chemoattractant]] for [[neutrophil\|neutrophilic granulocyte]]s.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Proost P, Wuyts A, Conings R, Lenaerts J, Billiau A, Opdenakker G, Van Damme J \|title=Human and bovine granulocyte chemotactic protein-2: complete amino acid sequence and functional characterization as chemokines \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=32 \|issue=38 \|pages=10170–7 \|year=1993 \|pmid=8399143 \|doi=10.1021/bi00089a037}}</ref><ref name = wuyts>{{cite journal \|author=Wuyts A, Van Osselaer N, Haelens A, Samson I, Herdewijn P, Ben-Baruch A, Oppenheim J, Proost P, Van Damme J \|title=Characterization of synthetic human granulocyte chemotactic protein 2: usage of chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 and in vivo inflammatory properties \|journal=Biochemistry \|volume=36 \|issue=9 \|pages=2716–23 \|year=1997 \|pmid=9054580 \|doi=10.1021/bi961999z}}</ref> It elicits its chemotactic effects by interacting with the [[chemokine receptor]]s [[CXC chemokine receptors#CXCR1 and CXCR2\|CXCR1 and CXCR2]].<ref name = wuyts/> The [[gene]] for CXCL6 is located on human [[chromosome 4]] in a cluster with other CXC chemokine genes.<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Modi W, Chen Z \|title=Localization of the human CXC chemokine subfamily on the long arm of chromosome 4 using radiation hybrids \|journal=Genomics \|volume=47 \|issue=1 \|pages=136–9 \|year=1998 \|pmid=9465307 \|doi=10.1006/geno.1997.5100}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|author=O'Donovan N, Galvin M, Morgan J \|title=Physical mapping of the CXC chemokine locus on human chromosome 4 \|journal=Cytogenet Cell Genet \|volume=84 \|issue=1–2 \|pages=39–42 \|year=1999 \|pmid=10343098 \|doi=10.1159/000015209}}</ref>