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Mononuclear phagocytes and eicosanoids: Aspects of their synthesis and biological activities

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Mononuclear phagocytes convert arachidonic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids from intracellular sources to a variety of oxygenated metabolites such as prostaglandins and leukotrienes which are secreted into the surrounding medium. Other oxidative products such as hydroxylinoleic acids are reacylated into cellular constituents. The underlying metabolic pathways are activated by numerous stimuli of exogenous or endogenous origin. Depending on the state of activation and cell differentiation, the organ of origin and the nature of the stimulus used, macrophages elaborate a distinct spectrum of oxidative arachidonic acid metabolites. The contribution of these metabolites to the proinflammatory properties of macrophages is twofold: As autocrine signals they modulate the synthesis of diverse macrophage products and they influence cellular functions of other cells such as T-lymphocytes.

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Schade, U.F., Burmeister, I., Elekes, E. et al. Mononuclear phagocytes and eicosanoids: Aspects of their synthesis and biological activities. Blut 59, 475–485 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329492

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