title: Prostaglandin E2: the villain in the host response to influenza virus.
abstract: Prostaglandins are lipid mediators that are involved in a plethora of biological processes. In this issue of Immunity, Coulombe et al. (2014) report that prostaglandin E2 suppresses innate and adaptive immune responses to influenza virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Full
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: michaela_gack@hms.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Michaela U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Gack
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism*; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000502:physiology*; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000378:metabolism*; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects*; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000071876:Prostaglandin-E Synthases
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases; D000071876:Prostaglandin-E Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone