| Literature DB >> 1716887 |
N Todoroki1, Y Watanabe, T Akaike, Y Katagiri, K Tanoue, H Yamazaki, T Tsuji, S Toyoshima, T Osawa.
Abstract
We have examined the effect of inflammatory cytokines on the platelet activation. IL-1 beta and IFN-gamma were found to enhance the adhesion of thrombin-treated platelets to monocytic leukemia cells (U937), when the adhesion was assayed by platelet-mediated cell agglutination. The agglutination was inhibited by a monoclonal anti-GMP140 antibody or EDTA, suggesting that the enhanced platelet adhesion to the leukemic cells was mediated by GMP140. In addition, these cytokines also increased the release of 5-HT from platelets in the presence of a low concentration of thrombin. These data suggest that platelet functions are regulated by the cytokines and that activated platelets participate in inflammatory process.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1716887 DOI： 10.1016/0006-291x(91)91881-c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN： 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575