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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
A murine gene encoding a platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFR) was cloned. The gene was mapped to a distal region of chromosome 4 both by fluorescence in situ hybridization and by molecular linkage analysis. Northern blot analysis showed a high expression of the PAFR message in peritoneal macrophages. When C3H/HeN macrophages were treated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or synthetic lipid A, the PAFR gene expression was induced. Bacterial LPS, but not lipid A, induced the level of PAFR mRNA in LPS-unresponsive C3H/HeJ macrophages. These induction patterns were parallel to those of tumor necrosis factor-alpha mRNA. Thus, the PAFR in macrophages plays important roles in LPS-induced pathologies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0065-2598
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
407
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
347-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Lipid A, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Muridae, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9321975-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and characterization of a murine platelet-activating factor receptor gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't