Human astrocytes and cytokines: tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma do not promote astrocytic proliferation.

Abstract:

:Astrocyte cell cultures were established from human fetal brains and exposed to human recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and human recombinant interferon gamma (IFN gamma), and the proliferative response was assessed by bromodeoxyuridine-immunostaining technique. TNF alpha showed an inhibitory activity, while IFN gamma induced a slight increase in the number of astrocytes undergoing cell division. However, in both experiments differences were not statistically significant. Previous studies have demonstrated that TNF alpha and IFN gamma are potent mitogens for adult astrocytes in both in vivo and in vitro conditions. Our results suggest that in developing brain the immunomodulatory activity of cytokines, TNF alpha and IFN gamma, is different from that observed in adult brain.

journal_name

Neurosci Lett

journal_title

Neuroscience letters

authors

Moretto G,Yoo A,Kim SU

doi

10.1016/0304-3940(93)90034-i

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-03-05 00:00:00

pages

17-20

issue

1

eissn

0304-3940

issn

1872-7972

pii

0304-3940(93)90034-I

journal_volume

151

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