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Production of the lymphokine, macrophage aggregating factor, is not inhibited by histamine

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Unlike the previously reported inhibitory effect of histamine on the production of the lymphokine, migration inhibitory factor, histamine did not inhibit the production of macrophage aggregating factor (MAgF). By contrast, both prostaglandin E2 and hydrocortisone inhibited MAgF production, in a dose-dependant manner.

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Badenoch-Jones, P. Production of the lymphokine, macrophage aggregating factor, is not inhibited by histamine. Experientia 38, 1230–1231 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959757

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