CCL2 and kidney disorder: The monocyte-1 chemoattractant protein(MCP-1), also known as chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) has been reported as animportant inflammatory mediator of renal diseases, being expressed in practicallyall types of intrinsic renal cells (endothelial, mesangial, and tubular epithelialcells and podocytes) in the presence of renal tissue damage13.