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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Platelet activating factor (PAF) mimics the effects of Culicoides antigen by inducing oedema and inflammatory cell accumulation in the dermis of horses with the allergic skin disease, sweet itch. PAF could therefore contribute to antigen-induced inflammatory changes in these horses. We now report that intravenous administration of the PAF receptor antagonist WEB 2086 (3 mg kg-1), at a dose that inhibited the vascular and cellular responses to PAF in sweet itch horses, reduced Culicoides antigen-induced oedema at 1 h by 73% and at 8 h by 71% (p < 0.05). Neutrophil accumulation and eosinophil recruitment were not significantly reduced by WEB 2086 or a second hetrazepine PAF receptor antagonist WEB 2170 (0.1 mg kg-1). These findings suggest a key role for PAF in oedema formation, but not inflammatory cell accumulation, induced by Culicoides antigen in the skin of sweet itch horses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1023-3830
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
412-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Azepines, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Ceratopogonidae, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Edema, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Horse Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Horses, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Injections, Intradermal, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Insect Bites and Stings, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Pruritus, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:8564516-Triazoles
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Actions of PAF receptor antagonists in horses with the allergic skin disease sweet itch.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't