"Chemotactic Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Chemical substances that attract or repel cells. The concept denotes especially those factors released as a result of tissue injury, microbial invasion, or immunologic activity, that attract LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; or other cells to the site of infection or insult.
| Descriptor ID |
D002630
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.125
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chemotactic Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Carcinogenic nitrosamines in traditional beer as the cause of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in black South Africans. S Afr Med J. 2015 Sep 21; 105(8):656-8.
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Pneumolysin induces release of matrix metalloproteinase-8 and -9 from human neutrophils. Eur Respir J. 2009 Nov; 34(5):1167-70.
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Leukotrienes C4 and D4 sensitize human neutrophils for hyperreactivity to chemoattractants. Inflamm Res. 2009 May; 58(5):263-8.
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Montelukast inhibits neutrophil pro-inflammatory activity by a cyclic AMP-dependent mechanism. Br J Pharmacol. 2009 Jan; 156(1):105-15.