human_protein_name: C-C motif chemokine 2 precursor
description: CCL2 upregulates CXCR4 on resting CD4(+) T cells in a CCR2-dependent mechanism, increases the ability of these cells to be chemoattracted to CXCR4 using gp120 and renders them more permissive to X4-tropic HIV-1 infection
human_protein_sequence: MKVSAALLCLLLIAATFIPQGLAQPDAINAPVTCCYNFTNRKISVQRLASYRRITSSKCPKEAVIFKTIVAKEICADPKQKWVQDSMDHLDKQTQTPKT