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Molecular characterization of the constitutive expression of the plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase gene in macrophages.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Oct 2003
Wu Xiaoqing, McIntyre Thomas M, Zimmerman Guy A, Prescott Stephen M, Stafforini Diana M
Abstract excerpt
Plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) is a phospholipase that inactivates platelet-activating factor (PAF) and PAF-like lipids to generate products with little or no biological activity. The levels of circulating PAF-AH correlate with several disease syndromes. We previously reported that mediators of inflammation regulate the expression of the human PAF-AH gene at the transcriptional level....
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