Howdy,
In article <4dq1im$kic_001 at kkuhn.pennet.net>,
Keith R. Kuhn <kkuhn at pennet.net> wrote:
>Until recently, all known chemokines could be placed into
>two biochemical superfamilies. These families could be
...
>chemokine family and the C-C amino acid structures the
>-chemo-kines. RANTES are produced by T cells and act
...
These families are generally called either "C-C" or "C-X-C".
>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.
Hmm... technical jargon... I think you'll laugh at this...
My (authoratative ) sources say:
RANTES is the character from some film... the editors at JI said
something like: "Hey, this ain't fruitfly stuff, call it something
serious." So, they sat down (with the proper stumulents for thought)
and realized that RANTES really meant something like: Regulated (upon)
Activation (of) Normal T (cell) Expression (and presumably) Secreted.
So y'all can put that down in your immuno-lore diary.
Later,
Aaron
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