"Kupffer Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Specialized phagocytic cells of the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM found on the luminal surface of the hepatic sinusoids. They filter bacteria and small foreign proteins out of the blood, and dispose of worn out red blood cells.
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D007728
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.372.588 A11.627.482.588 A11.733.397.588 A15.382.680.397.588 A15.382.812.522.588
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kupffer Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Miksa M, Das P, Zhou M, Wu R, Dong W, Ji Y, Goyert SM, Ravikumar TS, Wang P. Pivotal role of the alpha(2A)-adrenoceptor in producing inflammation and organ injury in a rat model of sepsis. PLoS One. 2009; 4(5):e5504.
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Xiong S, She H, Zhang AS, Wang J, Mkrtchyan H, Dynnyk A, Gordeuk VR, French SW, Enns CA, Tsukamoto H. Hepatic macrophage iron aggravates experimental alcoholic steatohepatitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2008 Sep; 295(3):G512-21.
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Su GL, Goyert SM, Fan MH, Aminlari A, Gong KQ, Klein RD, Myc A, Alarcon WH, Steinstraesser L, Remick DG, Wang SC. Activation of human and mouse Kupffer cells by lipopolysaccharide is mediated by CD14. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2002 Sep; 283(3):G640-5.