The emerging roles of PAF acetylhydrolase
The emerging roles of PAF acetylhydrolase
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DOI:
10.1194/jlr.r800024-jlr200
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发表时间:
2009-04-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Stafforini, Diana M.
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作者:
McIntyre, Thomas M.;Prescott, Stephen M.;Stafforini, Diana M.
Platelet-activating factor (PAF), a phospholipid autacoid with potent effects throughout the innate immune system, is selectively degraded by two small families of PAF acetylhydrolases (PAF-AHs). These Ca2+-independent phospholipases A(2) display remarkable specificity for the length of the sn-2 residue, but this selectivity is lost as the residue gains oxygen functions. Two of the PAF-AHs therefore are specific oxidized phospholipid phospholipases that reduce inflammation, but also remove oxidatively truncated phospholipids that induce apoptosis. jlr The roles of these enzymes are manifold, and their separate and combined functions are now being addressed in model systems and clinical studies-McIntyre, T. M., S. M. Prescott, and D. M. Stafforini. The emerging roles of PAF acetylhydrolase. J. Lipid Res. 2009. S255-S259.