Ltc4 is a lipid of Fatty Acyls (FA) class. Ltc4 is associated with abnormalities such as Asthma, Eosinophilia, Pulmonary Eosinophilia, Pneumonia and Cardiovascular Diseases. The involved functions are known as Signal, Gene Expression, Stimulus, Signal Transduction and Metabolic Inhibition. Ltc4 often locates in Plasma membrane, Cytoplasm, Back, Cytoplasmic and Tissue membrane. The associated genes with LTC4 are STIM1 gene, ABCC2 gene, CD9 gene, Mutant Proteins and Amino Acids, Aromatic. The related lipids are glycolithocholate.
To understand associated biological information of LTC4, we collected biological information of abnormalities, associated pathways, cellular/molecular locations, biological functions, related genes/proteins, lipids and common seen animal/experimental models with organized paragraphs from literatures.
LTC4 is suspected in Pneumonia, Asthma, Pulmonary Eosinophilia, Eosinophilia, Cardiovascular Diseases, Disintegration and other diseases in descending order of the highest number of associated sentences.
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Lipid pathways are not clear in current pathway databases. We organized associated pathways with LTC4 through full-text articles, including metabolic pathways or pathways of biological mechanisms.
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There are no associated biomedical information in the current reference collection.
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