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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 302, Issue 2-3, Pages 129-132Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01679-2
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cytokines; hippocampus; systemic lupus erythematosus; MRL-lpr/lpr mice; gene expression
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Cytokines are important mediators of immune regulation and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the neurological disturbances, which occur in up to sixty percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against nuclear antigens, including native DNA, Cytokines are thought to drive autoantibody production in lupus. Certain of the derangements in memory and learning described in human acid experimental SLE map to the hippocampus. The current study examines the expression of cytokine genes in the hippocampus in lupus, using MRL-lpr/lpr mice as the experimental model. These mice spontaneously develop a SLE-like illness accompanied by disturbances in spatial learning. Our results suggest a potential role for proinflammatory cytokines in the cognitive aberrations observed in lupus, (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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