RANTES

[Keith R. Kuhn]

I noted a posting somewhere earlier on this subject, but 
cannot find it.  My own references provide the following on 
RANTES: 
Until recently, all known chemokines could be placed into 
two biochemical superfamilies.  These families could be 
characterized by four cysteine residues in their 
composition.  A cysteine to cysteine bonding motif denoted 
one family (e.g. RANTES) and a cysteine -x- cysteine motif 
denoted the other chemokine family (e.g.IL-8). This C-x-C 
amino acid structures are sometimes referred the -  
chemokine family and the C-C amino acid structures the  
-chemo-kines.   RANTES are produced by T cells and act 
mainly on CD4+ T cells and monocytes.  Rantes made from 
recombinant DNA expressed in E. coli are commercially 
available.
OK, what I would like to know, is from where is the term 
"rantes" derived.  What does it stand for?  I run into this 
problem of technical jargon may times when scanning the 
journals and usually my references will provide a 
clarification.  Here they have failed my.  Thanks for any 
help you care to provide.
KK MTASCP