macrophage inflammatory protein-1

macrophage inflammatory protein-1

[¦mak·rə‚fāj in¦flam·ə‚tȯr·ē ′prō‚tēn ¦wən] (immunology) A protein produced by macrophages which has inflammatory and chemoattractant properties, it exists in two forms, MIP-1α and MIP-1β.