scholarly journals Blood levels of interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha and cognitive functions in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evrim Özkorumak Karagüzel ◽  
Filiz Civil Arslan ◽  
Emel Korkmaz Uysal ◽  
Selim Demir ◽  
Demet Sağlam Aykut ◽  
...  
1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palmiero Monteleone ◽  
Francesco Catapano ◽  
Michele Fabrazzo ◽  
Alfonso Tortorella ◽  
Mario Maj

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (4) ◽  
pp. L315-L321 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. N. Allen ◽  
D. J. Herzyk ◽  
M. D. Wewers

To study the role of microtubules in cytokine production, the effect of the microtubule depolymerizing agent colchicine on lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS)-induced interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) release by blood monocytes and alveolar macrophages were examined. Immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated that LPS resulted in the appearance of microtubule-containing cytoplasmic appendages and that colchicine, which resulted in microtubule disruption in monocytes, blocked appendage formation. Colchicine resulted in approximately 50% increase in LPS-induced IL-1 beta release and a 50% decrease in LPS-induced TNF-alpha release by human monocytes at all doses of LPS tested. Although colchicine resulted in a statistically significant increase in LPS-stimulated human alveolar macrophage IL-1 beta release, the increase was not as great as that observed with monocytes. Northern blot analysis suggested that the colchicine effect occurs pretranslationally because colchicine caused an increase in LPS-stimulated IL-1 beta mRNA levels and a decrease in TNF-alpha mRNA levels. These results suggest that microtubules contribute to the regulation of endotoxin-stimulated mononuclear phagocyte cytokine production and that this regulation differs significantly between IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha.


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