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D Hiro, A Ito, K Matsuta, Y Mori.
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When human peripheral monocytes and rabbit peritoneal macrophages were incubated with hyaluronic acid, the media were found to contain interleukin-1 (IL-1) activity and to stimulate collagenase production by rabbit fibroblasts. A digestion of hyaluronic acid by testicular hyaluronidase decreased the IL-1 inducing activity. Polymixin B, an inhibitor of endotoxin, did not exert any effect towards the action of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid also stimulated human polymorphonuclear leucocytes to produce IL-1 like activity. These results indicate that hyaluronic acid is an endogenous IL-1 inducer and may play important roles in the pathological and/or physiological changes of connective tissues.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3490850 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(86)90790-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575