Inflammation

Question 1

What are the three storage/soures of inflammatory mediators?

Answer 1

1) stored in cells, active when release
2) stored in plasma as zymogens that require activation by proteolytic cleavage
3) require gene activation&raquo_space; de novo synthesis

Question 2

an example of a rapid inflammatory mediator is ____ while a slower (minutes to hours) mediator is ____

Answer 2

mast cells&raquo_space; histamine

cytokines

Question 3

Serotonin is released by ____ induced by:

Answer 3

Platelet aggregation induced by collagen contact, Ag-Ab interaction, ADP & Thrombin.