Chemokines: the past, the present and the future

摘要

We are very excited to publish our article in the“Chemokine Special Issue”of Cellular and Molecular Immunology,which has received increasing attention in the field of immunology.A natural question emerging regarding this issue is,why chemokines?The answer may of course not be simple,but if we consider only the essential,a shortened answer should be because chemokines are among the first mobilizers of host responses in homeostasis and diseases associated with inflammation(Figure 1).