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2722480

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
In the past decade, the main interest in the involvement of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in the immune response has been concerned with its role in immunomodulation (suppression) both in vitro and in vivo. Comparatively little attention has been devoted to its immunostimulatory role. It has been suggested that PGE2, like histamine, may function as a 'double agent', initially triggering, facilitating and augmenting a stimulatory immune response and later modulating, limiting and contributing to the turning off of this response. We here report an early (within minutes) immunostimulatory involvement of PGE2 (and thromboxane A2) in the sheep, with prompt elevations in levels of PGE2 and thromboxane B2 in popliteal lymph node efferent lymph following drainage area immunization with killed Salmonella muenchen bacteria. These elevations were associated with an increase in efferent lymph flow and an equally prompt but limited depression of lymphocyte outputs into efferent lymph ('shutdown', 'recruitment'). Local increases in blood flow and vascular permeability probably play important roles in these events.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0162-3109
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Prompt elevations of PGE2 and thromboxane A2 metabolites in peripheral node efferent lymph of sheep following drainage area immunization.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't