Researchers at the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Institute have discovered that having elevated levels of Prostaglandin D2 is a key factor in Preventing Ulcerative Colitis flare ups, and triggers long term remission of Ulcerative Colitis. The discovered that people  in long term remission of Colitis have the same elevated levels of prostaglandin D2, this had also previously been found to be the case in lab experiments on rats. Whether or not the increase Prostaglandin D2 levels are a result of remission or a cause of it is not yet clear.

This is exciting news and it is thought that it may lead to new treatments being developed for Ulcerative Colitis prostaglandin D2 in the near future, which act by increasing prostaglandin D2 levels.

Prostaglandins are part of a group of lipids that are formed enzymatically from Essential Fatty Acids. Prostaglandin D2 is a major prostagalndin produced by mast cells, and found in the brain and in mast cells.

It appears that Niacin may naturally increase levels of prostaglandin D2 as well as lowering cholesterol and triglycerides.