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Leukotrienes

Known as: Leukotriene, Leukotrienes [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A family of biologically active compounds derived from arachidonic acid by oxidative metabolism through the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. They participate… Expand
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12-HPETE14,15-dihydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid5,15-dihydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid8,15-diHPETE
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Arachidonic AcidEicosanoids
Immediate hypersensitivityIn BloodInflammationLeukotriene Receptor
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Mechanisms of disease: Leukotrienes
From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System… Expand
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Prostaglandins and leukotrienes: advances in eicosanoid biology.
  • C. Funk
  • Science
  • 2001
    • Corpus ID: 12564549
Prostaglandins and leukotrienes are potent eicosanoid lipid mediators derived from phospholipase-released arachidonic acid that… Expand
Review
1999
Review
1999
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors: nuclear control of metabolism.
I. Introduction II. Molecular Aspects A. PPAR isotypes: identity, genomic organization and chromosomal localization B. DNA… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Characterization of the human cysteinyl leukotriene CysLT1 receptor
The cysteinyl leukotrienes—leukotriene C4(LTC4), leukotriene D4(LTD4) and leukotriene E4(LTE 4)—are important mediators of human… Expand
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The PPARα–leukotriene B4 pathway to inflammation control
Inflammation is a local immune response to 'foreign' molecules, infection and injury. Leukotriene B4, a potent chemotactic agent… Expand
Review
1990
Review
1990
Leukotrienes and other products of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. Biochemistry and relation to pathobiology in human diseases.
THE slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis was recognized as a discrete biologic entity 1 , 2 three to four decades before it was… Expand
Review
1987
Review
1987
Leukotrienes and lipoxins: structures, biosynthesis, and biological effects.
Arachidonic acid is released from membrane phospholipids upon cell stimulation (for example, by immune complexes and calcium… Expand
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Leukotrienes promote plasma leakage and leukocyte adhesion in postcapillary venules: in vivo effects with relevance to the acute inflammatory response.
Leukotrienes B4, C4, and D4, members of a recently discovered family of substances biosynthesized from arachidonic acid, were… Expand
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Leukotriene B, a potent chemokinetic and aggregating substance released from polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Arachidonic acid is metabolised either by cyclooxygenases to produce prostaglandins and thromboxanes or by lipoxygenases to… Expand
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Leukotriene C: a slow-reacting substance from murine mastocytoma cells.
Murine mastocytoma cells treated with calcium ionophore A23187 produced a slow-reacting substance (SRS) that caused guinea pig… Expand
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