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JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 1-2, Pages 53-62Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.04.025
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apoptosis; cytokines; glutamate neuroexcitotoxicity; p38 MAPK; hippocampus
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The proinflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 rise during neuronal damage and activate the apoptotic mitogen-activated protein kinase p38. We studied apoptosis, the levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6, and the cell type producing TNF-alpha in rats at 8, 10, and 14 days of age after neonatal exposure to glutamate, which induces neuronal damage. TNF-alpha production was significantly increased by glutamate, but inhibited by SB203580 (a p38 inhibitor). TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 mRNA levels increased, but SB203580 did not modify their expression. Thus, the p38 signaling pathway influences the expression of inflammatory genes and its inhibition may offer anti-inflammatory therapy. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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