Production of interleukin-1 like activity by neutrophils derived from rat lung.
Interleukin-1 like activity was produced by neutrophils obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage from experimentally inflamed rat lung. Activity was released spontaneously from neutrophils at high levels but it was enhanced by stimulation with endotoxin in vitro.
Kusaka
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Department of Occupational and Preventive Medicine, University of Osaka, Japan.
Donaldson
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D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology
D007375:Interleukin-1