"Chemotactic Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chemotactic Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Intracellular calcium and calcineurin regulate neutrophil motility on vitronectin through a receptor identified by antibodies to integrins alphav and beta3. Blood. 1996 Mar 01; 87(5):2038-48.
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Production of peptides inducing chemotaxis and lysosomal enzyme release in human neutrophils by intestinal bacteria in vitro and in vivo. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1988 Jan; 23(1):121-8.