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Gene

CCL8

C-C motif chemokine ligand 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q12
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 34,319,435–34,321,402 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 2 kb
Protein
99 amino acids
Also known as
MCP-2, HC14
Previous symbols
SCYA8
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000394620.2NM_005623.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CCL8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CCL8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where CCL8 sits. CCL8 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 33,820,419 to 34,820,418.Chromosome 1717q12p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.334 Mb34.2 Mb34.4 Mb34.6 Mb34.8 MbASIC2: 33,013,087–34,174,964, reverse strandASIC2CCL2: 34,255,274–34,257,208, forward strandCCL2CCL7: 34,270,221–34,272,242, forward strandCCL7CCL11: 34,285,735–34,288,334, forward strandCCL11CCL8: 34,319,435–34,321,402, forward strandCCL8CCL13: 34,356,438–34,358,610, forward strandCCL13CCL1: 34,360,328–34,363,233, reverse strandCCL1TMEM132E: 34,579,487–34,639,318, forward strandTMEM132EDiagram of CCL8: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 34,319,435–34,319,577, 143 basesExon 2: 34,320,269–34,320,386, 118 basesExon 3: 34,320,802–34,321,402, 601 bases1235′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.9 kb of the gene's 2 kb; 300 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CCL8 gene: C-C motif chemokine ligand 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ccl8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CCL8 gene: C-C motif chemokine ligand 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ccl8

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