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Background
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Murine MIP-1β, also known as Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 4, is a 92 amino acid chemokine protein encoded by the Ccl4 gene located at 11 C on chromosome 11 adjacent to its counterpart Ccl3. After initial translation, the peptide is proteolytically cleaved to separate the 23 residue signal sequence from the 69 residue mature MIP-1β protein. Being a homodimeric monokine with inflammatory and chemokinetic properties, MIP-1β is a chemoattractant for natural killer cells, monocytes and a variety of other immune cells. Moreover, the chemokine is a major suppressing factor of HIV produced by CD8+ T-cells, only Perforin-low memory CD8+ T- cells normally synthesize MIP-1β. Source: Entrez Gene: Ccl4 chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4 [Mus musculus], Swiss-Prot: P14097, Bystry RS, Aluvihare V, Welch KA, Kallikourdis M, Betz AG (December 2001). "B cells and professional APCs recruit regulatory T cells via CCL4". Nat. Immunol. 2 (12): 1126-32., Cocchi F, DeVico AL, Garzino-Demo A, Arya SK, Gallo RC, Lusso P (December 1995). "Identification of RANTES, MIP-1 alpha, and MIP-1 beta as the major HIV-suppressive factors produced by CD8+ T cells". Science (journal) 270 (5243): 1811-5., Kamin-Lewis R, Abdelwahab SF, Trang C, Baker A, DeVico AL, Gallo RC, Lewis GK (July 2001). "Perforin-low memory CD8+ cells are the predominant T cells in normal humans that synthesize the beta -chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (16): 9283-8.
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