Myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor 1 (MPIF-1), also known as Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 23 (CCL23) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family.MPIF-1is predominantly expressed in lung and liver tissue, but is also found in bone marrow and placenta. It is also expressed in some cell lines of myeloid origin. It is highly chemotactic for resting T cells and monocytes and slightly chemotactic for neutrophils. MPIF-1 has been shown to inhibit colony formation of bone marrow myeloid immature progenitors. It has also been attributed to an inhibitory activity on hematopoietic progenitor cells. MPIF-1 is a ligand for the chemokine receptor CCR1.Recombinant human MPIF-1/CCL23 produced in CHO cells is a single polypeptide chain containing 99 amino acids. A fully biologically active molecule, rhMPIF-1/CCL23 has a molecular mass of 12 kDa analyzed by reducing SDS-PAGE and is obtained by chromatographic techniques at GenScript.
