Role of Chemokine Network in the Development and Progression of Ovarian Cancer: A Potential Novel Pharmacological Target

Figure 1

Chemokine subfamilies classification. The first cysteine (C) in the sequence forms a covalent bond with the third, the second and the fourth cysteines also form a disulfide bond to create the tertiary structure characteristic of chemokines. In the CC subfamily the first two cysteines are adjacent to each other, in the CXC group there is one amino acid between the first two cysteines, and in the CX3C group there are three amino acids between cysteines.