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Mediators Inflamm. 2012;2012:236345. Epub 2012 May 15.
Eicosanoids and respiratory viral infection: coordinators of inflammation and potential therapeutic targets.
McCarthy MK, Weinberg JB.
Source
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Abstract
Viruses are frequent causes of respiratory infection, and viral respiratory infections are significant causes of hospitalization, morbidity, and sometimes mortality in a variety of patient populations. Lung inflammation induced by infection with common respiratory pathogens such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus is accompanied by increased lung production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes, lipid mediators with a wide range of effects on host immune function. Deficiency or pharmacologic inhibition of prostaglandin and leukotriene production often results in a dampened inflammatory response to acute infection with a respiratory virus. These mediators may, therefore, serve as appealing therapeutic targets for disease caused by respiratory viral infection.
PMID:
22665949
[PubMed - in process]
PMCID:
PMC3362132
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22665949
Eicosanoids and respiratory viral infection: coordinators of inflammation and potential therapeutic targets.
McCarthy MK, Weinberg JB.
Source
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Abstract
Viruses are frequent causes of respiratory infection, and viral respiratory infections are significant causes of hospitalization, morbidity, and sometimes mortality in a variety of patient populations. Lung inflammation induced by infection with common respiratory pathogens such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus is accompanied by increased lung production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes, lipid mediators with a wide range of effects on host immune function. Deficiency or pharmacologic inhibition of prostaglandin and leukotriene production often results in a dampened inflammatory response to acute infection with a respiratory virus. These mediators may, therefore, serve as appealing therapeutic targets for disease caused by respiratory viral infection.
PMID:
22665949
[PubMed - in process]
PMCID:
PMC3362132
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22665949