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SUBMITTER: McKenna S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4730915 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McKenna Sarah S Gossling Megan M Bugarini Alejandro A Hill Elizabeth E Anderson Aimee L AL Rancourt Raymond C RC Balasubramaniyan Natarajan N El Kasmi Karim C KC Wright Clyde J CJ
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20150904 8
Elevated serum concentrations of the vasoactive protein endothelin-1 (ET-1) occur in the setting of systemic inflammatory response syndrome and contribute to distal organ hypoperfusion and pulmonary hypertension. Thus, understanding the cellular source and transcriptional regulation of systemic inflammatory stress-induced ET-1 expression may reveal therapeutic targets. Using a murine model of LPS-induced septic shock, we demonstrate that the hepatic macrophage is the primary source of elevated c ...[more]