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Abstract
Cytotaxins liberated from normal or invading cells that specifically attract eosinophils; they may be complement fragments, lymphokines, neutrophil products, histamine or other; the best known is the tetrapeptide ECF-A, released mainly by mast cells.
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- Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil
- Eosinophil Chemotaxins
- Chemotaxins, Eosinophil
- Factors, Eosinophil Chemotactic
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28 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
91(80); was see under CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS 1980-90
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- Chemotaxis (1966-1979)
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte (1977-1979)
- Eosinophils (1966-1979)
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- National Library of Medicine. Eosinophil Chemotactic Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002631. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002631
- Eosinophil Chemotactic Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78458131