| Literature DB >> 19211155 |
Kohichi Kawahara1, Akira Yoshida, Kiyohiro Koga, Sumika Yokoo, Akihiko Kuniyasu, Tomomi Gotoh, Makoto Sawada, Hitoshi Nakayama.
Abstract
There may be two subtypes of microglia (MG) at least in the CNS. We separated the two types from rat mixed glial culture. mRNAs and proteins for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) were more induced in CD40(+) MG than CD40(-) MG after LPS stimulation. Although the expression level of LPS receptors showed a little difference between the subtypes, LPS-induced degradation of phosphorylated IkappaBalpha was marked in CD40(+) MG. These results strongly suggest that CD40(+) MG produce larger amount of NO and TNFalpha to exhibit neurotoxic action under certain pathological conditions in brains.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19211155 DOI： 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.01.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN： 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478