Recombinant Eotaxin

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A recombinant therapeutic agent which is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous chemokine eotaxin, a member of the C-C cytokine family which is chemotactic for eosinophils. The early increase in eotaxin paralleled eosinophil infiltration in the asthmatic lung tissue in animal models hinted a potential role for eotaxin in immunotherapy.

**Synonyms:** - Eotaxin