 Leukotriene B4
"Leukotriene B4" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The major metabolite in neutrophil polymorphonuclear leukocytes. It stimulates polymorphonuclear cell function (degranulation, formation of oxygen-centered free radicals, arachidonic acid release, and metabolism). (From Dictionary of Prostaglandins and Related Compounds, 1990)
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D007975
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.100.450.411 D10.251.355.310.166.887.411 D23.469.050.175.450.415
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukotriene B4- Leukotriene B4
- Leukotriene B-4
- B-4, Leukotriene
- Leukotriene B 4
- LTB4
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukotriene B4" by people in Profiles.
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Gelfand EW. Importance of the leukotriene B4-BLT1 and LTB4-BLT2 pathways in asthma. Semin Immunol. 2017 10; 33:44-51.
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Repine JE, Wilson P, Elkins N, Klawitter J, Christians U, Peters B, Smith DM. Inhalation of two putative Gulf War toxins by mice. J Environ Sci Health B. 2016; 51(6):366-73.
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Qian J, Tian W, Jiang X, Tamosiuniene R, Sung YK, Shuffle EM, Tu AB, Valenzuela A, Jiang S, Zamanian RT, Fiorentino DF, Voelkel NF, Peters-Golden M, Stenmark KR, Chung L, Rabinovitch M, Nicolls MR. Leukotriene B4 Activates Pulmonary Artery Adventitial Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 2015 Dec; 66(6):1227-1239.
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Hester AG, Murphy RC, Uhlson CJ, Ivester P, Lee TC, Sergeant S, Miller LR, Howard TD, Mathias RA, Chilton FH. Relationship between a common variant in the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) cluster and eicosanoid generation in humans. J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 08; 289(32):22482-9.
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Tian W, Jiang X, Tamosiuniene R, Sung YK, Qian J, Dhillon G, Gera L, Farkas L, Rabinovitch M, Zamanian RT, Inayathullah M, Fridlib M, Rajadas J, Peters-Golden M, Voelkel NF, Nicolls MR. Blocking macrophage leukotriene b4 prevents endothelial injury and reverses pulmonary hypertension. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Aug 28; 5(200):200ra117.
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Eun JC, Moore EE, Mauchley DC, Johnson CA, Meng X, Banerjee A, Wohlauer MV, Zarini S, Gijón MA, Murphy RC. The 5-lipoxygenase pathway is required for acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock. Shock. 2012 Jun; 37(6):599-604.
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Wang JX, Bair AM, King SL, Shnayder R, Huang YF, Shieh CC, Soberman RJ, Fuhlbrigge RC, Nigrovic PA. Ly6G ligation blocks recruitment of neutrophils via a ß2-integrin-dependent mechanism. Blood. 2012 Aug 16; 120(7):1489-98.
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Lee L, Kelher MR, Moore EE, Banerjee A, Silliman CC. Hypertonic saline inhibits arachidonic acid priming of the human neutrophil oxidase. J Surg Res. 2012 May 01; 174(1):24-8.
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Eun JC, Moore EE, Banerjee A, Kelher MR, Khan SY, Elzi DJ, McLaughlin NJ, Silliman CC. Leukotriene b4 and its metabolites prime the neutrophil oxidase and induce proinflammatory activation of human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells. Shock. 2011 Mar; 35(3):240-4.
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Woodruff PG, Albert RK, Bailey WC, Casaburi R, Connett JE, Cooper JA, Criner GJ, Curtis JL, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Harnden SM, Kim V, Marchetti N, Martinez FJ, McEvoy CE, Niewoehner DE, Reilly JJ, Rice K, Scanlon PD, Scharf SM, Sciurba FC, Washko GR, Lazarus SC. Randomized trial of zileuton for treatment of COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization. COPD. 2011 Feb; 8(1):21-9.
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