PCLAF and pancreatitis: For instance, PAF, an inflammatory mediator involved in the processes leading to pancreatitis, has ubiquitous receptors (on pancreatic islet cells [37], pancreatic microvascular endothelium [38], bronchia epithelial cells [37], and leukocytes [39]) and therefore could amplify both the local and the systemic inflammatory response [36, 40].