A possible explanation for leukocytic infiltration of the liver in acute alcoholic hepatitis: ethanol-induced generation by hepatocytes of a lipid chemotactic factor.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D000431:Ethanol