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Sphingosine-1-phosphate induces an antiinflammatory phenotype in macrophages.
Circulation research - 25 Apr 2008
Hughes Jeniter E, Srinivasan Suseela, Lynch Kevin R, Proia Richard L, Ferdek Pawel, Hedrick Catherine C
Abstract excerpt
Activated macrophages acquire a proinflammatory (classic) or antiinflammatory (alternative) phenotype that influences atherosclerosis. The present study investigated whether sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), with its known antiinflammatory effects, could regulate the inflammatory phenotype of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated mouse macrophages. Activation of macrophages by LPS significantly increases...
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