| Literature DB >> 6329770 |
V Evêquoz, F Bettens, F Kristensen, U Trechsel, B M Stadler, J M Dayer, A L De Weck, H Fleisch.
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In the present study, interleukin 1 (IL 1)-containing media from different sources, namely a murine macrophage cell line (P388D1), rabbit peritoneal macrophages, and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, were compared for their effect on thymocyte proliferation and on collagenase and PGE2 secretion by chondrocytes. A high correlation was found between the enhancement of thymocyte proliferation and the induction of collagenase and PGE2 secretion by chondrocytes. Furthermore, a highly purified IL 1-like factor, namely mononuclear cell factor (MCF) was also active on chondrocytes. The addition of highly purified IL 2 to rabbit chondrocytes had no effect on collagenase and PGE2 secretion induced by IL 1-containing media. Our findings suggest that the factor which induced collagenase and PGE2 secretion by rabbit chondrocytes was an IL 1-like factor. Thus, collagenase secretion by chondrocytes may be used as an IL 2-insensitive assay for the detection of IL 1-like factors.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6329770 DOI： 10.1002/eji.1830140603
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Immunol ISSN： 0014-2980 Impact factor: 5.532