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Prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) plays a pharmacological role in allergic and asthmatic anaphylaxis, normal physiological sleep and lowering of body temperature, as well as inhibits platelet aggregation and relaxes vascular smooth muscle.1 PGDM is a major urinary metabolite of PGD2 with a unique lower sidechain that readily undergoes reversible cyclization.2 It is used as a biomarker to assess endogenous production of PGD2.
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1. The biology and pharmacology of PGD2. Prostaglandins 35(2), 277-300 (1988).
2. Quantification of the major urinary metabolite of prostaglandin D2 by a stable isotope dilution mass spectrometric assay. Anal. Biochem. 193(1), 142-148 (1991).