Research Article

Activated Platelets Induce an Anti-Inflammatory Response of Monocytes/Macrophages through Cross-Regulation of PGE2 and Cytokines

Figure 8

EP2 decreases TNFα through IL-10 and its receptor IL-10 R. Human monocytes were incubated with untreated platelets ± IL-10 Rα antibody (22.5 μg/ml) 30 minutes before the application of the respective EP agonist concentrations for 3 hours (40 nM ONO-Di-004, 75 nM butaprost). TNFα was determined by ELISA. Data are presented as mean ± SEM from 4 preparations. One-way ANOVA/Bonferroni .