CCL2 and infection: During the acute phase of infection, enterocytes secrete chemokines including monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), which recruit neutrophil granulocytes, inflammatory monocytes and DCs to the site of infection (Robben et al., 2005; Courret et al., 2006; Pittman and Knoll, 2015).