Title : Histamine type-2 receptor antagonist immune modulation. II. Cimetidine and ranitidine increase interleukin-2 production.

Pub. Date : 1987 Aug

PMID : 3497460






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1 Cimetidine and ranitidine increase interleukin-2 production. Cimetidine interleukin 2 Mus musculus
2 The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine (histamine type-2 receptor antagonists) on the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) by mitogen-activated, normal murine spleen cells was studied in vitro. Cimetidine interleukin 2 Mus musculus
3 The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine (histamine type-2 receptor antagonists) on the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) by mitogen-activated, normal murine spleen cells was studied in vitro. Cimetidine interleukin 2 Mus musculus
4 Cimetidine (10(-4) mol/L to 10(-6) mol/L) increased IL-2 production to a maximal 8.8 +/- 1.6 U (IL-2 activity), as compared with media controls of 1 U. Cimetidine interleukin 2 Mus musculus
5 Cimetidine (10(-4) mol/L to 10(-6) mol/L) increased IL-2 production to a maximal 8.8 +/- 1.6 U (IL-2 activity), as compared with media controls of 1 U. Cimetidine interleukin 2 Mus musculus
6 These data suggest that our previously demonstrated immunofacilitation of proliferative and cytotoxic lymphocyte responses by cimetidine was probably mediated by the presence of increased IL-2. Cimetidine interleukin 2 Mus musculus