Chemokine-like factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CKLFgene.[1][2][3]
The product of this gene is a cytokine. Cytokines are small proteins that have an essential role in the immune and inflammatory responses. This gene is one of several chemokine-like factor genes located in a cluster on chromosome 16.
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