| Literature DB >> 16888192 |
Y Juarranz1, I Gutiérrez-Cañas, A Arranz, C Martínez, C Abad, J Leceta, J L Pablos, R P Gomariz.
Abstract
It has been demonstrated that VIP produces beneficial effects both in a murine model of rheumatoid arthritis and in human rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts through the modulation of proinflammatory mediators. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a key role in the immediate recognition of microbial surface components by immune cells prior to the development of adaptative microbe-specific immune responses. In this study, we demonstrate that VIP decreases lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and TNF-alpha-induced expression of TLR4 and its correlation with the production of CCL2 and CXCL8 chemokines in human synovial fibroblasts from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Our results add a new step for the use of VIP, as a promising candidate, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16888192 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1317.045
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci ISSN: 0077-8923 Impact factor: 5.691