| Literature DB >> 2648570 |
R M Strieter1, S L Kunkel, H J Showell, D G Remick, S H Phan, P A Ward, R M Marks.
Abstract
Human endothelial cells produced a neutrophil chemotactic factor (NCF) upon stimulation with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), or lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The expression of endothelial cell-derived NCF messenger RNA and biological activity was both time- and concentration-dependent. Maximal NCF mRNA expression occurred at 10 and at 2 nanograms per milliliter for TNF and IL-1 beta, respectively; mRNA expression was first observed 1 hour after stimulation and was maintained for at least 24 hours. In situ hybridization analysis showed that NCF mRNA peaked in treated cells by 24 hours, whereas unstimulated cells were negative. These studies demonstrated that endothelial cells may participate in neutrophil-mediated inflammation by synthesizing a chemotactic factor in response to specific monokines and LPS.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2648570 DOI： 10.1126/science.2648570
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728