Title: eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13118
Status: current

Definition
Cytokine that facilitates anaphylaxis and attracts eosinophils during substrate release by mast cells.

Related Terms
- Cytokine: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13065
- anaphylaxis: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12874
- eosinophils: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13117
- mast cells: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13442

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1162 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)

Other Outputs
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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13118/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13118/xml

Citation: Citation: 'eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13118
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