Decreased polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotactic response to leukotriene B4 in cystic fibrosis
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- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical and Experimental Immunology
- Vol. 89 (2) , 321-324
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1992.tb06953.x
Abstract
Evidence that leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a significant inflammatory mediator in chronic pseudomonal respiratory disease was sought in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis. Specific chemotaxis of peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) was used as an indirect measure of remote in vivo exposure to LTB4. PMN from 17 patients showed a significant decrease in chemotaxis to 10−7-10−9m LTB4, but normal responses to 10−8mn-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine and 4 mg/ml casein, when compared with 17 healthy age- and sex-matched controls. This result is consistent with chronic production of LTB4, and specific deactivation of circulating PMN receptors for LTB4 in patients with cystic fibrosis. Pharmacologic inhibition of LTB4 production in vivo may help elucidate its role in the pathogenesis of lung damage in cystic fibrosis.Keywords
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