Marco Baggiolini (* August 1, 1936 in Bellinzona)[1] is a Swiss immunologist and biochemist known for the discovery and the analysis of the first chemokines (or chemotactic cytokines).[2] Chemokines act as chemoattractants to guide the migration of cells. Some control cells of the immune system, some promote the growth of new blood vessels, some cause inflammation in response to bacterial infection and viruses, for example, to activate cells to initiate an immune response or promote wound healing.
Baggiolini's lab has produced highly cited publications on this topic.[3][4][5][original research?]
... ließ Marco Baggiolini, Direktor am Theodor-Kocher-Institut der Berner Universität, aufhorchen. "Das müssen wir checken" sagte er und entdeckte vor rund 13 Jahren ein neues Protein, das Interleukin-8. Es war das erste von mittlerweile mehr als 50 Chemokinen. | This made Marco Baggiolini, director at the Theodor Kocher Institute at Bern University, sit up. "We have to check that," he said and discovered a new protein, interleukin-8, around 13 years ago. It was the first of more than 50 chemokines.