The inflammatory response in the Parkinson brain

S Hunot, A Hartmann, EC Hirsch - Clinical Neuroscience Research, 2001 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
selective destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the mesencephalon. Other major …

Does IFNγ play a role in neurodegeneration?

I Blasko, G Ransmayr, R Veerhuis… - Journal of …, 2001 - jni-journal.com
We have read with great interest the article by Hallam Ž. et al. on an interferon-gamma IFNg-
related inflammatory Ž. reaction in the trisomy 16 Ts16 mouse brain, which leads Ž to …

Impaired microglial activation in the brain of IL-18-gene-disrupted mice after neurovirulent influenza A virus infection

I Mori, MJ Hossain, K Takeda, H Okamura, Y Imai… - Virology, 2001 - Elsevier
Knockout of the inerleukin-18 (IL-18) gene predisposed mice to impaired clearance of
neurovirulent influenza A virus-infected neurons from the brain. In wild-type mice, IL-18 …

Combination of inflammatory cytokines increases nitrite and nitrate levels in the paraventricular nucleus of conscious rats

T Wakita, F Shintani, G Yagi, M Asai, S Nozawa - Brain research, 2001 - Elsevier
Inflammatory cytokines stimulate glial cells in vitro to produce nitric oxide (NO) from
inducible NO synthase (iNOS). Whether the stimulation with cytokines produces NO derived …

[PDF][PDF] Establishment of an antiviral activity assay and the identification and partial purification of interferon-like protein from rainbow trout gonadal cells (RTG-2)

SB Lin, CH Lin, YL Hsu - ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES-TAIPEI-, 2001 - Citeseer
Shih-Bin Lin, Chih-Hsin Lin and Ya-Li Hsu (2001) Establishment of an antiviral activity assay
and the identification and partial purification of interferon-like protein from rainbow trout …

Neurons

H Akiyama - … Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease Basic and Clinical …, 2001 - Springer
It is often thought that microglia and astrocytes are the major players in brain inflammation.
Microglia, the brain representatives of the mononuclear phagocyte system, express a variety …