(Rac)-Reparixin

(Rac)-Reparixin is the isomer of Reparixin , and can be used as an experimental control. Reparixin is a non-competitive allosteric inhibitor of the chemokine receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 activation with IC50s of 1 and 100 nM, respectively.

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