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Braz. j. med. biol. res
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22(9): 1151-4, 1989. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-83193
ABSTRACT
The chemotactic activity of PAF-acether was compared with that of tetrapeptide eosinophil chemotactic factors of anaphylaxis (ECF-A, Ala-Gly-Ser Glu and Val-Gly-Ser-Glu) using eosinophils obtained from the peritoneal cavity of normal rats. Cells were isolated by separation over discontinuous metrizamide gradients which resulted in eosinophil suspensions of 80 to 90% purity. PAF-acether produced 7-fold greater than the maximal activity obtained with the ECF-A-tetrapeptides. BN 52021 and WEB 2086 inhibited PAF-acether-induced eosinophil chemotaxis in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that this phenomenon is mediated by specific PAF-acether receptors
Subject(s)
Rats , Animals , Male , Eosinophils/physiology , Platelet Activating Factor/antagonists & inhibitors , Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil/pharmacology , In Vitro Techniques , Peritoneal Cavity/cytology , Azepines/pharmacology , Cell Movement , Chemotaxis , Lactones/pharmacology , Rats, Inbred Strains , Triazines/pharmacology
2.
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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21(2): 337-40, 1988. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-57258
3.
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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20(5): 487-94, 1987. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-47499