DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating CCL2 and acute monocytic leukemia

CCL2 [ENSP00000225831]

Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor; Chemotactic factor that attracts monocytes and basophils but not neutrophils or eosinophils. Augments monocyte anti-tumor activity. Has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diseases characterized by monocytic infiltrates, like psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis or atherosclerosis. May be involved in the recruitment of monocytes into the arterial wall during the disease process of atherosclerosis; Belongs to the intercrine beta (chemokine CC) family.

Synonyms:  CCL2,  CCL2p,  hCCL2,  CCL2-001,  CCL2-002 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM