Targeted disruption of the leukotriene B4 receptor in mice reveals its role in inflammation and platelet-activating factor-induced anaphylaxis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 433-438

  Haribabu, Bodduluri ^a   Verghese, Margrith W ^a   Steeber, Douglas A ^a   Sellars, Dwight D ^a   Bock, Cheryl B ^a   Snyderman, Ralph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Chemotaxis; Knock out; Neutrophil influx; Sex related

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUKOTRIENE B4; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHILS; PERITONEUM; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; RECEPTORS, LEUKOTRIENE B4; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 0034618033     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.3.433     Document Type: Article

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