Eotaxin-2， also called MPIF2 & Ckb6， is a novel CC chemokine produced by activated monocytes and T lymphocytes. Eotaxin-2 selectively chemoattracts cells expressing CCR3 including eosinophils， basophils， Th2 T cells， mast cells， and certain subsets of dendritic cells. Furthermore， Eotaxin-2 inhibits the proliferation of multipotential hematopoietic progenitor cells. The mature protein， which includes C-terminal truncation， contains 78 amino acids （92 amino acids for the mouse homolog， without C-terminal truncation）.
