Human Lung Mast Cell and Alveolar Macrophage Cytoplasmic Lipid Bodies Contain Arachidonic Acid and Prostaglandin Endoperoxide Synthase (Cyclooxygenase), the Substrate and Enzyme Necessary for Prostaglandin Production

Ann M. Dvorak,Robert P. Schleimer,Harold E. Dvorak,Lichtenstein Lm,Peter F. Weller

Human Lung Mast Cell and Alveolar Macrophage Cytoplasmic Lipid Bodies Contain Arachidonic Acid and Prostaglandin Endoperoxide Synthase (Cyclooxygenase), the Substrate and Enzyme Necessary for Prostaglandin Production

1992

Ann M. Dvorak
Robert P. Schleimer
Harold E. Dvorak
Lichtenstein Lm
Peter F. Weller

Lipid bodies are non-membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelles that are prevalent in mammalian cells of diverse lineages and that have been observed to increase in cells involved in inflammatory responses

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Prostaglandin
Biosynthesis
Immunology
Cytoplasm
Cyclooxygenase
Arachidonic acid
Biochemistry
Alveolar macrophage
Mast cell
Organelle
Biology

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