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Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 (CCL18) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family. The functions of CCL18 have been well studied in laboratory settings, however the physiological effects of the molecule in living organisms have been difficult to characterize because there is no similar protein in rodents that can be studied. The receptor…
The analysis highlights Receptor, Gene and protein structure and Involvement in disease as prominent areas in the source structure around CCL18.
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The extracted context around CCL18 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, CCL18 → antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide, CCR chemokine receptor binding, cell communication, cell-cell signaling, cellular response to interferon-gamma, cellular response to interleukin-1, cellular response to tumor necrosis factor, chemokine activity, chemokine-mediated signaling pathway, chemotaxis, cytokine activity, extracellular region, extracellular space, G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway, immune response, inflammatory response, lymphocyte chemotaxis, monocyte chemotaxis, neutrophil chemotaxis, positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade Another extracted example is CCL18 → B-cells, CCL1, CCL18's, CCL18-mediated, CCR8, CCR8's, CCR8-CCL18, CXCL12-dependent, Following, Further, Furthermore, G-protein, GPCR, GPCRs, GPR30, However, PITPNM3, PITPNM3-CCL8, Pyk2, Src. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 150 structured relationships around CCL18. Examples in this analysis include CCL18 → Aliases → CCL18, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 (pulmonary and activation-regulated), AMAC-1, AMAC1, CKb7, DC-CK1, DCCK1, MIP-4, PARC, SCYA18, C-C motif chemokine ligand 18 and CCL18 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes4MHE. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCL18 | Aliases | CCL18, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 (pulmonary and activation-regulated), AMAC-1, AMAC1, CKb7, DC-CK1, DCCK1, MIP-4, PARC, SCYA18, C-C motif chemokine ligand 18 | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Available structures | Available structuresPDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes4MHE | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Band | 17q12 | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | lymph node | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | upper lobe of left lung | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | appendix | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | rectum | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | right lung | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | duodenum | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | spleen | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | gallbladder | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | right coronary artery | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Bgee | left coronary artery | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | BioGPS | n/a | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Chr. | Chromosome 17 (human) | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Databases | NCBI: entry; OMA: entry | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | End | 36,072,032 bp | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Ensembl | ENSG00000275385 ENSG00000278167 ENSG00000278006 | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Entrez | 6362 | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | External IDs | OMIM: 603757; GeneCards: CCL18 | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene location (Human) | Gene location (Human)Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)Band17q12Start36,064,272 bpEnd36,072,032 bp | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | cytokine activity | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | protein binding | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | CCR chemokine receptor binding | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | chemokine activity | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | extracellular region | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | extracellular space | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | monocyte chemotaxis | 1.00 | infobox |
| CCL18 | Gene ontology | chemokine-mediated signaling pathway | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around CCL18 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cells, Expressed and Immune. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For CCL18, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects CCL18 with Sources. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around CCL18 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Receptor, Gene and protein structure & Involvement in disease, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — CCL18 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout