Interleukin-8

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Camille and Soukaina, two ambitious immunology students from the University of Toulouse (www.univ-tlse3.fr), successfully prepared the STL file necessary for printing the interleukin-8 molecule. The outcome of this remarkable effort was achieved through a pedagogical scenario specifically designed to introduce students to the thorough examination and manipulation of 3D structures, resulting in an impressive collection of museum-quality portraits of molecules with immunological significance. The 3D protein structure was retrieved from the Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do) using the accession number 3IL8. This valuable resource was carefully downloaded in the .gz format and later refined for 3D printing using the powerful Chimera software (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/), culminating in a STL file that perfectly suited the demands of three-dimensional printing. This outstanding project benefited from state-of-the-art technology, as it was executed on a Leapfrog CreatrHS (http://www.lpfrg.com/creatr-hs) 3D printer with the aid of the highly acclaimed Simplify3D (https://www.simplify3d.com/) software.