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Bradykinin

"Bradykinin" 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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A nonapeptide messenger that is enzymatically produced from KALLIDIN in the blood where it is a potent but short-lived agent of arteriolar dilation and increased capillary permeability. Bradykinin is also released from MAST CELLS during asthma attacks, from gut walls as a gastrointestinal vasodilator, from damaged tissues as a pain signal, and may be a neurotransmitter.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bradykinin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bradykinin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2001 and 2003 and 2006 and 2007 and 2012
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