| Literature DB >> 1873825 |
V L Cohan1, A L Scott, C A Dinarello, R A Prendergast.
Abstract
Explant cultures of mouse duodenum were used to show that interleukin-1 (IL-1) causes release of mucus from epithelial goblet cells. Our experiments made use of a newly described enzyme-linked lectin assay (ELLA) which employs enzyme-conjugated soybean agglutinin to detect mucus glycoproteins secreted from explant cultures of mouse duodenum. Supernatants from cultures of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated peritoneal macrophages as well as partially purified rabbit alveolar macrophage-derived IL-1 and human rIL-1 beta all induced mucus release in a rapid and dose-dependent fashion. This observation may be important for investigating a link between the immune response and mucus hypersecretion from inflamed intestinal mucosa.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1873825 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(91)90364-h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Immunol ISSN: 0008-8749 Impact factor: 4.868