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. 2012 Jan 11;9:4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-4

Table 1.

Summary table of the different receptors and eicosanoid-producing enzymes known to be found in the CNS and discussed in this review.

Cells Receptors Enzymes
Microglia cysLT1 131 COX-2 123, 127, 135, 138
cysLT2 124 5-LO 124, 125, 132
EP4 141 FLAP 132
EP2 141 COX-1 128, 135, 137
PLA2 27

Astrocytes EP2 141 5-LO 133
COX-2 138
PLA2 129
12-LO 130

Oligodendrocytes GPR17 145 COX-2 138
12-LO 130

Neurons BLT1 131 5-LO 133, 135
GPR17 89, 145 COX-2 128, 134
cysLT2 144 12-LO 130
EP2 141
EP1 141
EP3 141
EP4 141

Endothelial cells cysLT2 147
EP4 141

Unspecified DP1-2128
CNS cell types FP128
IP128