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ArticleNature communications2015

PGD2 deficiency exacerbates food antigen-induced mast cell hyperplasia.

Tatsuro Nakamura, Shingo Maeda, Kazuhide Horiguchi, Toko Maehara, Kosuke Aritake, Byung-Il Choi, Yoichiro Iwakura, Yoshihiro Urade, Takahisa Murata

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tatsuro NakamuraDepartment of Animal Radiology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Shingo MaedaDepartment of Animal Radiology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Kazuhide HoriguchiDepartment of Morphological and Physiological Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Toko MaeharaDepartment of Animal Radiology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
Kosuke AritakeInternational Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Byung-Il ChoiDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea.
Yoichiro IwakuraCenter for Animal Disease Models, Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba 278-0022, Japan.
Yoshihiro UradeInternational Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Takahisa MurataDepartment of Animal Radiology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JPTokyo University of Science · JPTsukuba International University · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) is a major prostanoid secreted mainly by mast cells. Although PGD2 has been identified as a modulator of allergic inflammation, its precise role remains unclear. Here we investigate the role of PGD2 in food allergy. Oral administration of ovalbumin induces allergic responses in sensitized wild-type (WT) mice. Systemic gene deficiency of haematopoietic PGD synthase (H-PGDS(-/-)) exacerbates all of the manifestations accompanying severe mast cell hyperplasia in the intestine. Morphological studies show that c-kit/FcɛRI-positive WT mast cells strongly express H-PGDS. Transplantation of H-PGDS(-/-) mast cells also aggravates ovalbumin-induced mast cell hyperplasia and allergic symptoms in mast cell null mice. H-PGDS deficiency accelerates the production of SDF-1α and the activity of MMP-9 in the antigen-stimulated intestine. SDF-1α receptor blockade or MMP-9 inhibition relieves the exacerbated mast cell hyperplasia and manifestations observed in H-PGDS(-/-). Thus, PGD2 deficiency results in food antigen-induced mast cell hyperplasia.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAlum CompoundsAnimalsChemokine CXCL12ColonCytokinesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFood HypersensitivityHyperplasiaIntestinesIntramolecular OxidoreductasesLipocalinsMast CellsMatrix Metalloproteinase 9MiceMice, Inbred C57BLAdjuvants, ImmunologicAlum Compoundsaluminum sulfateChemokine CXCL12Cxcl12 protein, mouseCytokinesIntramolecular OxidoreductasesLipocalinsMatrix Metalloproteinase 9Mmp9 protein, mouseOvalbuminProstaglandin D2prostaglandin R2 D-isomerase

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