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Chemotactic Factors

Medical Definition: Chemical substances that attract or repel cells or organisms. The concept denotes especially those factors released as a result of tissue injury, invasion, or immunologic activity, that attract leukocytes, macrophages, or other cells to the site of infection or insult.
Guide Notes: /biosyn /physiol permitted
Also Called: Cytotaxinogens
Previously Indexed: Chemotaxis (1966-1979),Chemotaxis, Leukocyte (1977-1979)
Chemotactic Factors Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil - 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.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Chemotactic Factors, Macrophage - Cytotaxins liberated from normal or invading cells that specifically attract macrophages. They may be lymphokines, products of antigen, antibody and complement interactions or other.

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