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Low endogenous prostaglandin E2 predisposes to relapsing inflammation in experimental rat enterocolitis.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Nov 2000
Kandil H M, Argenzio R A, Sartor R B
Abstract excerpt
Intramural injection of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-PS) induces acute enterocolitis that spontaneously relapses in Lewis but not Fischer rats. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) induce prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) secretion, which inhibits secretion of these cytokines by macrophages, suggesting an inhibitory feedback mechanism. We postulate that Lewis rat susceptibility to relapse is...
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