CCL2: One of the most studied chemokines, CCL2 (or Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 (MCP-1)), was named for its ability to recruit monocytes to sites of injury or infection; however, dendritic cells, memory T cells, basophils, and NK cells can be recruited by this pro-inflammatory chemokine through signaling via its receptor CCR2 (84–90). The gene discussed is CCL2; the disease is infection.