Anaphylatoxins
"Anaphylatoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Serum peptides derived from certain cleaved COMPLEMENT PROTEINS during COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION. They induce smooth MUSCLE CONTRACTION; mast cell HISTAMINE RELEASE; PLATELET AGGREGATION; and act as mediators of the local inflammatory process. The order of anaphylatoxin activity from the strongest to the weakest is C5a, C3a, C4a, and C5a des-arginine.
| Descriptor ID |
D000706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.024
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