Human peripheral blood eosinophils released eosinophil survival-enhancing activity when stimulated with the calcium ionophore, ionomycin. The release of activity was detected as early as 3 h after stimulation and was inhibited by an immunomodulating agent, cyclosporin A. The survival-enhancing activity was completely abolished by treatment with anti-interleukin 3 (IL-3) and anti-granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) monoclonal antibodies. Moreover, IL-3 and GM-CSF were measurable in ionomycin-stimulated eosinophil supernatants by immunoassay. Eosinophils produced approximately one-half as much IL-3 and one-fifth as much GM-CSF as ionomycin-stimulated mononuclear cells. Neutrophils also produced IL-3 and GM-CSF, but the amounts were less than those produced by eosinophils. These observations suggest a novel role for eosinophils in pathophysiology of allergic inflammation and host defense mechanisms.
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September 01 1991
Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 3 release from human peripheral blood eosinophils and neutrophils.
H Kita,
H Kita
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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T Ohnishi,
T Ohnishi
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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Y Okubo,
Y Okubo
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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D Weiler,
D Weiler
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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J S Abrams,
J S Abrams
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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G J Gleich
G J Gleich
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
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H Kita
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
T Ohnishi
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Y Okubo
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
D Weiler
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
J S Abrams
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
G J Gleich
Division of Allergic Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1991) 174 (3): 745–748.
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H Kita, T Ohnishi, Y Okubo, D Weiler, J S Abrams, G J Gleich; Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 3 release from human peripheral blood eosinophils and neutrophils.. J Exp Med 1 September 1991; 174 (3): 745–748. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.174.3.745
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