Meaning of fraktaline | Babel Free

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A chemokine involved in chemical signalling in the immune system.

uncountable

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“2008, Marie-Pia d'Ortho, MMP's, inflammation and pulmonary arterial hypertension, Vincent Lagente, Elisabeth Boichot, Matrix Metalloproteinases in Tissue Remodelling and Inflammation, page 90, Lungs of IPAH patients have⟳ increased expression of fraktaline, a chemokine involved in T cell trafficking and monocyte recruitment, and their circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells have⟳ higher levels of the fraktaline receptor CX3CR1 when compared with controls or samples of patients with thromboembolic PAH.”

“2013 October 12, Moheb Costandi The Mind⟳ Menders, New Scientist, No. 2938, page 46, For example, active neurons seem to signal their health by producing a substance called fraktaline, which might warn⟳ the microglia to leave⟳ its synapses alone.”

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