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SUBMITTER: El-Shazly AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3543020 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
El-Shazly Amr E AE Begon Dominique Y DY Kustermans Gaelle G Arafa Mohammad M Dortu Estelle E Henket Monique M Lefebvre Philippe P PP Louis Renaud R Delvenne Philippe P
The Journal of biological chemistry 20121120 2
We explored the relation between vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), CRTH2, and eosinophil recruitment. It is shown that CRTH2 expression by eosinophils from allergic rhinitis (AR) patients and eosinophil cell line (Eol-1 cells) was up-regulated by VIP treatment. This was functional and resulted in exaggerated migratory response of cells against PGD2. Nasal challenge of AR patients resulted in a significant increase of VIP contents in nasal secretion (ELISA), and the immunohistochemical studies ...[more]