Platelet Activating Factor
"Platelet Activating Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phospholipid derivative formed by PLATELETS; BASOPHILS; NEUTROPHILS; MONOCYTES; and MACROPHAGES. It is a potent platelet aggregating agent and inducer of systemic anaphylactic symptoms, including HYPOTENSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; and BRONCHOCONSTRICTION.
| Descriptor ID |
D010972
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.100.291.211.500 D02.092.063.291.211.500 D02.092.877.883.333.710 D02.675.276.232.710 D10.570.755.375.760.400.985.910 D23.119.865 D23.469.050.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Platelet Activating Factor- Platelet Activating Factor
- Factor, Platelet Activating
- Phosphorylcholine, Acetyl Glyceryl Ether
- Platelet Aggregating Factor
- Aggregating Factor, Platelet
- Platelet Aggregation Enhancing Factor
- AGEPC
- Thrombocyte Aggregating Activity
- 1-Alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerophosphocholine
- 1 Alkyl 2 acetyl sn glycerophosphocholine
- Acetyl Glyceryl Ether Phosphorylcholine
- PAF-Acether
- PAF Acether
- Platelet-Activating Substance
- Platelet Activating Substance
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Platelet Activating Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Pneumolysin Mediates Platelet Activation In Vitro. Lung. 2016 08; 194(4):589-93.
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Vitamin E attenuates the injurious effects of bioactive phospholipids on human ciliated epithelium in vitro. Eur Respir J. 2001 Jul; 18(1):122-9.
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Membrane-stabilizing, anti-inflammatory interactions of macrolides with human neutrophils. Inflammation. 1996 Dec; 20(6):693-705.
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Anti-inflammatory, membrane-stabilizing interactions of salmeterol with human neutrophils in vitro. Br J Pharmacol. 1996 Apr; 117(7):1387-94.
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Hypothesis: a central role for platelet activating factor in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Med Hypotheses. 1989 Apr; 28(4):285-6.