title: Platelet-activating factor and cellular immune responses.
abstract: Platelet-activating factor is a phospholipid mediator of the allergic reaction that is a potent stimulator of acute inflammatory processes. It is produced by various inflammatory cells upon activation by immune or nonimmune stimuli. As Pierre Braquet and Marek Rola-Pleszcynski review here, evidence is now accumulating that platelet-activating factor is a component in the regulation of cellular immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Institut Henri Beaufour Research Laboratories, 17 Avenue Descartes, F-92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braquet
authors.affiliation: Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada; Institut Henri Beaufour Research Laboratories, 17 Avenue Descartes, F-92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rola-Pleszcynski