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Chemotactic Factors

Known as: Chemoattractants, chemoattractant, chemotactic factor 
Chemical substances that attract or repel cells. The concept denotes especially those factors released as a result of tissue injury, microbial… 
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AnaphylatoxinChemotaxisComplement System ProteinsIn Blood

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CytotaxinogensIcaria chemotactic peptide, Lys(7)-Macrophage Chemotactic FactorsMonocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Monocytes from Wiskott-Aldrich patients display reduced chemotaxis and lack of cell polarization in response to monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine.
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked disorder characterized by trombocytopenia, eczema, and progressive decline of the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Mycobacterial and schistosomal antigen-elicited granuloma formation in IFN-gamma and IL-4 knockout mice: analysis of local and regional cytokine and chemokine networks.
Type 1 (IFN-gamma/TNF-dominant) and 2 (IL-4/IL-5-dominant) granulomatous inflammation were analyzed in mice with knockout of IFN… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 entry into purified blood dendritic cells through CC and CXC chemokine coreceptors.
Blood dendritic cells (DC) are susceptible to both macrophage (M) and T-cell line (T) tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Cytokine and chemokine expression in tumors of mice receiving systemic therapy with IL-12.
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of IL-12-mediated anti-tumor activity have been examined. BALB/c mice bearing established s… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
RANTES-activated human T lymphocytes. A role for phosphoinositide 3-kinase.
RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted), a member of the chemokine family, is a potent… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Amino terminus of the interleukin-8 receptor is a major determinant of receptor subtype specificity.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Activation of the respiratory burst enzyme from human neutrophils in a cell-free system. Evidence for a soluble cofactor.
Activation of the respiratory burst in phagocytic cells, an important host defense process, is not yet well understood. We now… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Potential role for a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein in chemoattractant receptor mediated polyphosphoinositide metabolism, Ca++ mobilization and cellular responses by leukocytes.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Relationship of actin polymerization and depolymerization to light scattering in human neutrophils: dependence on receptor occupancy and intracellular Ca++
When exposed to the N-formylated chemoattractant peptides, neutrophils undergo a transient ruffling followed by a polarization… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Preliminary studies of an acid-labile factor (ALF) in human sera that inactivates platelet-activating factor (PAF).
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