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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
To compare the local release of arachidonic acid metabolites in inflammatory diarrheal disease, in vivo equilibrium dialysis of the rectum was done in consecutive untreated patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 20), Crohn's colitis (n = 10), and Clostridium difficile colitis (n = 7). All patients had endoscopically proven rectal inflammation. Eicosanoid profiles were determined in rectal dialysates by radioimmunoassay after preliminary purification. Concentrations of prostaglandin E2, prostaglandin F2 alpha, and thromboxane B2, but not 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha, were raised in all groups and compared with healthy controls. The highest levels within each group were obtained in patients with widespread epithelial damage, as judged by endoscopy. In patients with ulcerative colitis, an extreme rise in prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2 were observed. Similarly, concentrations of leukotriene B4 were substantially increased in ulcerative colitis, but in Crohn's colitis and Clostridium difficile colitis only those patients with rectal ulcerations showed elevations. These findings probably reflect more severe tissue damages in ulcerative colitis, but differences between disease groups in cell-to-cell interaction may also contribute. The data suggest, therefore, that therapeutic inhibition of lipoxygenase pathways may prove more effective in ulcerative colitis than in Crohn's disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0016-5085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Arachidonic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Arachidonic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Colitis, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Colitis, Ulcerative, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Crohn Disease, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Dialysis, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Dinoprost, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Dinoprostone, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Eicosanoic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Leukotriene B4, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Prostaglandins E, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Prostaglandins F, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Rectum, pubmed-meshheading:2836256-Thromboxane B2
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo profiles of eicosanoids in ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, and Clostridium difficile colitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article