Title : Mediator release in cerebrospinal fluid of human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with central nervous system involvement.

Pub. Date : 1992 May

PMID : 1315794






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1 In this study we evaluated the release of some mediators of inflammatory reactions such as histamine (H), leukotriene B4 (LTB4), leukotriene C4 (LTC4) and prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 15 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), eight with opportunistic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) and seven without HIV-related neurological pathology, and of 25 HIV-negative control subjects with other neurological diseases. Prostaglandin D2 prostaglandin D2 synthase Homo sapiens