Platelet Activating Factor
"Platelet Activating Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phospholipid derivative formed by PLATELETS; BASOPHILS; NEUTROPHILS; MONOCYTES; and MACROPHAGES. It is a potent platelet aggregating agent and inducer of systemic anaphylactic symptoms, including HYPOTENSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; and BRONCHOCONSTRICTION.
| Descriptor ID |
D010972
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.100.291.211.500 D02.092.063.291.211.500 D02.092.877.883.333.710 D02.675.276.232.710 D10.570.755.375.760.400.985.910 D23.119.865 D23.469.050.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Platelet Activating Factor- Platelet Activating Factor
- Factor, Platelet Activating
- Phosphorylcholine, Acetyl Glyceryl Ether
- Platelet Aggregating Factor
- Aggregating Factor, Platelet
- Platelet Aggregation Enhancing Factor
- AGEPC
- Thrombocyte Aggregating Activity
- 1-Alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerophosphocholine
- 1 Alkyl 2 acetyl sn glycerophosphocholine
- Acetyl Glyceryl Ether Phosphorylcholine
- PAF-Acether
- PAF Acether
- Platelet-Activating Substance
- Platelet Activating Substance
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Platelet Activating Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Harleton E, Besana A, Comas GM, Danilo P, Rosen TS, Argenziano M, Rosen MR, Robinson RB, Feinmark SJ. Ability to induce atrial fibrillation in the peri-operative period is associated with phosphorylation-dependent inhibition of TWIK protein-related acid-sensitive potassium channel 1 (TASK-1). J Biol Chem. 2013 Jan 25; 288(4):2829-38.
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Samanta U, Bahnson BJ. Crystal structure of human plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase: structural implication to lipoprotein binding and catalysis. J Biol Chem. 2008 Nov 14; 283(46):31617-24.
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Pan YH, Yu BZ, Berg OG, Jain MK, Bahnson BJ. Crystal structure of phospholipase A2 complex with the hydrolysis products of platelet activating factor: equilibrium binding of fatty acid and lysophospholipid-ether at the active site may be mutually exclusive. Biochemistry. 2002 Dec 17; 41(50):14790-800.
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Schwartz JD, Shamamian P, Schwartz DS, Grossi EA, Jacobs CE, Steiner F, Minneci PC, Baumann FG, Colvin SB, Galloway AC. Cardiopulmonary bypass primes polymorphonuclear leukocytes. J Surg Res. 1998 Mar; 75(2):177-82.
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Cipolle MD, Pasquale MD, Cerra FB. Secondary organ dysfunction. From clinical perspectives to molecular mediators. Crit Care Clin. 1993 Apr; 9(2):261-98.