
Endothelial Cell-Based Methods for the Detection of Cyanobacterial Anti- Inflammatory and Wound-Healing Promoting Metabolites
Acute lung injury is accompanied by an increased endothelial chemokine production and adhesion molecule expression, which may result in an extensive neutrophil infiltration. Moreover, a destruction of the alveolar epithelium and capillary endothelium may result in permeability edema. As such, the search for novel anti-inflammatory substances, able to downregulate these parameters as well as the tissue damage holds therapeutic promise. We therefore describe here the use of human endothelial cell-based in vitro assays for the detection of anti-inflammatory and wound-healing metabolites from cyanobacteria.
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Keywords: ARDS; ICAM-1; Interleukin 8; Nostoc; endothelium; wound-healing
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: December 1, 2007
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