PLA2G2A and pancreatitis: Injection of PLA2s [11,12] and taurocholate [10,13,14] into the common bile duct has been used as an useful model to reproduce the local and remote inflammation observed in the human pancreatitis, as observed by the increased vascular permeability and neutrophil influx in the pancreas that is accompanied by elevated serum amylase levels and neutrophil accumulation into the lungs.