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REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 509-533Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/RNS.2011.041
Keywords
brain; cytokines; development; neuron; receptors; TNFRSF; TNFSF
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- Medical Research Council [G0901119] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0901119] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0901119(91900), G0901119] Funding Source: Medline
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Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRSF) members were initially identified as immunological mediators, and are still commonly perceived as immunological molecules. However, our understanding of the diversity of TNFRSF members' roles in mammalian physiology has grown significantly since the first discovery of TNFRp55 (TNFRSF1) in 1975. In particular, the last decade has provided evidence for important roles in brain development, function and the emergent field of neuronal homeostasis. Recent evidence suggests that TNFRSF members are expressed in an overlapping regulated pattern during neuronal development, participating in the regulation of neuronal expansion, growth, differentiation and regional pattern development. This review examines evidence for non-immunological roles of TNFRSF members in brain development, function and maintenance under normal physiological conditions. In addition, several aspects of brain function during inflammation will also be described, when illuminating and relevant to the non-immunological role of TNFRSF members. Finally, key questions in the field will be outlined.
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