title: Eicosanoid production by density-defined human peritoneal macrophages during inflammation.
abstract: Density-defined macrophages isolated from fluids of patients with liver cirrhosis mainly generated the 5-lipoxygenase products leukotriene B4 (LTB4, 16%) and 5-hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE, 24%) and the cyclooxygenase products 12-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid (HHT, 22%) and thromboxane B2 (TXB2, 18%). The synthesis of eicosanoids was linear with the maturity of the macrophage subpopulations, suggesting that eicosanoid production is increased in in-vivo activated macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Pruimboom
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vollebregt
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Zijlstra
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Bonta
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D015777:Eicosanoids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D007975:Leukotriene B4; C022022:5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; C008033:12-hydroxy-5,8,10-heptadecatrienoic acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases