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Inverse temporal changes of lipoxin A4 and leukotrienes in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
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Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids [Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids] 2009 Apr; Vol. 80 (4), pp. 177-83. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Mar 04. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The pathogenesis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is not clearly understood. It remains unclear how changes of lipoxin A(4) (LXA(4)) that acts as a "braking signal" in inflammatory process occur in patients with HSP. In this study, we determined the temporal changes of blood and urinary LXA(4), Leukotriene (LT)B(4) and urinary LTE(4) in 49 children with HSP. Inverse temporal changes between gradually increased blood and urinary LXA(4) and gradually decreased blood and urinary LTB(4) and urinary LTE(4) were found in patients with HSP. Furthermore, both 15-S-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and LXA(4) inhibited the LTB(4)-induced chemotaxis of leukocytes and release of LTB(4) from leukocytes obtained from the patients in the active phase of HSP. In 22 children with HSP nephritis, concordant with the gradually increased severity of mesangial proliferation and proteinuria, the glomerular expressions of 15-lipoxygenase and the levels of urinary LXA(4) gradually decreased and the glomerular expressions of LTC(4) synthase and the urinary LTE(4) and LTB(4) gradually increased. The levels of blood and urinary LXA(4) in patients with HSP nephritis were lower than those in patients with purpura alone in early resolution of HSP. The levels of blood and urinary LTB(4) and urinary LTE(4) in the patients with HSP nephritis were higher than those in patients with purpura alone in early resolution of HSP. There was positive correlation between blood LTB(4) and serum C-reactive protein in 49 children with HSP. These data suggest that LTs may play a proinflammatory and profibrotic role in the pathogenesis of HSP, and insufficiency of LXA(4) may be responsible for the patients with HSP whose illness become more serious.
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- C-Reactive Protein metabolism
Chemotaxis
Child
Humans
IgA Vasculitis pathology
Leukocytes metabolism
Leukotriene B4 blood
Leukotriene B4 urine
Leukotriene E4 blood
Lipoxins blood
Lipoxins urine
IgA Vasculitis metabolism
Leukotriene B4 metabolism
Leukotriene E4 metabolism
Leukotriene E4 urine
Lipoxins metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-2823
- Volume :
- 80
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19264468
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2009.01.008