Macrophageinflammatoryprotein-1alpha(MIP-1alpha),alsocalledCCL3,LD78.ThecDNAforMIP-1alphapredictsamaturepeptideof69aminoacidswithamolecularmassof7,889daltons.LD78isamemberofanewlyidentifiedsuperfamilyofsmallinducibleproteinsinvolvedininflammatoryresponses,woundhealingandtumorigenesis.MIP-1alphaisachemokinethathaspro-inflammatoryandstemcellinhibitoryactivitiesinvitro.Itconstitutesanimportantsecondsignalformastcelldegranulationintheconjunctivainvivoandconsequentlyforacute-phasedisease.ThestandardproductusedinthiskitisrecombinanthumanMIP-1alpha,consistingof66aminoacidswiththemolecularmassof7.5kDa.