| Literature DB >> 8841831 |
M M Chaves1, A A Silvestrini, D N Silva-Teixeira, J A Nogueira-Machado.
Abstract
We examined the effect of interleukin-10 (IL-10), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), phorbol ester (PDB), opsonized zymosan (OZ) and aminophylline (a cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor) on the reducing power and oxidizing species generation by human neutrophils, using MTT dye reduction and luminol-dependent chemiluminescence assays, respectively. Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), phorbol ester (PDB) and opsonized zymosan (OZ) were activators while interleukin-10 (IL-10) and aminophylline were inhibitors. A strong parallelism was observed between oxidizing species generation and cellular reducing power in both activation and inhibition experiments. Our results also demonstrate for the first time the effect of IL-10 on free radical generation by neutrophils. The consequence of these activating and inhibiting effects on the inflammatory process are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8841831 DOI: 10.1007/bf02252942
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Inflamm Res ISSN: 1023-3830 Impact factor: 4.575