Production of platelet‐activating factor by human normodense and hypodense eosinophils
- 1 December 1991
- Vol. 26 (12Part1) , 1200-1203
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02536531
Abstract
Normodense eosinophils and neutrophils from normal donors produced considerable amounts of plateletactivating factor (PAF) when stimulated with ionophore A23187. PAF produced by eosinophils appeared to be degraded more rapidly than PAF formed by neutrophils, suggesting a higher activity of PAF-degrading enzyme in eosinophils. Substantial proportions of PAF newly formed by both eosinophils and neutrophils were shown to be cell-associated. By comparison, hypodense eosinophils obtained from a patient with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome produced an extremely large amount of PAF and released much of it into the incubation medium. The accelerated formation of PAF in hypodense eosinophils may be related to various cardiovascular complications associated with hypereosinophilic syndrome.Keywords
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