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JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Volume 204, Issue 1-2, Pages 43-51Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.08.003
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MPTP sensitivity; Mice; Strain difference; Cytokine; Chemokine; Glia
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The effects of MPTP on two mouse strains with different MPTP sensitivities and immunological backgrounds were compared: MPTP-sensitive C57BL/6 mice (B6) with a propensity for Th1 and less MPTP-sensitive BALB/c mice (BALB) with a propensity for Th2. It was found that acute MPTP treatment induced behavioral dysfunction, activated microglia/astrocytes, and increased the levels of IL-10, IL-12(p40) IL-13, IFN-gamma and MCP-1 in CSF in B6, but not in BALB. This suggests that variances in immunological backgrounds might be a major contributing factor in sensitivity differences to MPTP. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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