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Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins

"Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Heparin-binding proteins that exhibit a number of inflammatory and immunoregulatory activities. Originally identified as secretory products of MACROPHAGES, these chemokines are produced by a variety of cell types including NEUTROPHILS; FIBROBLASTS; and EPITHELIAL CELLS. They likely play a significant role in respiratory tract defenses.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996 and 1997 and 1998 and 1999 and 2003 and 2005 and 2009 and 2010
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