CXCL13

C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 13

Summary

B lymphocyte chemoattractant, independently cloned and named Angie, is an antimicrobial peptide and CXC chemokine strongly expressed in the follicles of the spleen, lymph nodes, and Peyer's patches. It preferentially promotes the migration of B lymphocytes (compared to T cells and macrophages), apparently by stimulating calcium influx into, and chemotaxis of, cells expressing Burkitt's lymphoma receptor 1 (BLR-1). It may therefore function in the homing of B lymphocytes to follicles. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]

Known Variants5 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs76857854:78,440,425C/Tintron variant
rs3556894:78,507,797T/A
rs1176052254:78,508,197T/Gregulatory region variant
rs3675460654:78,528,959G/Auncertain significance
rs7684995874:78,532,183A/Glikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.