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Selective Inhibition by Vasocortin of Histamine Release Induced by Dextran and Concanavalin-A from Rat Peritoneal Cells

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Journal Br J Pharmacol
Publisher Wiley
Specialty Pharmacology
Date 1989 Sep 1
PMID 2478246
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Abstract

Vasocortin, a glucocorticoid-induced anti-inflammatory protein, has been purified from the peritoneal lavage fluid of dexamethasone-treated rats. Vasocortin inhibited the release of histamine from rat peritoneal cells stimulated by dextran or concanavalin A but did not alter the release induced by calcium ionophore A23187 or compound 48/80. This selective effect exhibited by vasocortin mimics the glucocorticoid inhibition of histamine release from rat mast cells.

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