A novel bioactive 31-amino acid endothelin-1 is a potent chemotactic peptide for human neutrophils and monocytes

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 306-312

  Cui, P ^a   Tani, K ^a   Kitamura, H ^a   Okumura, Y ^a   Yano, M ^a   Inui, D ^a   Tamaki, T ^a   Sone, S ^a   Kido, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ mobilization; Chemotaxis; Endothelin 1(1 21); Endothelin 1(1 31)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHEMOTACTIC PEPTIDE; CHYMASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1 [1-21]; ENDOTHELIN 1 [1-31]; ENDOTHELIN 1 DERIVATIVE; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-8; KINETICS; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN;

EID: 0034890356     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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