Effect of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines on Expression and Activity of 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 in Cultured Human Term Placental Trophoblast and Human Choriocarcinoma JEG-3 Cells

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 303-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Chisaka ◽  
Jim F. Johnstone ◽  
Manrina Premyslova ◽  
Zuzka Manduch ◽  
John R.G. Challis
Author(s):  
Judith A. Strong ◽  
Sang Won Jeon ◽  
Jun-Ming Zhang ◽  
Yong-Ku Kim

This chapter reviews the roles of cytokines and glial cells in chronic pain and in psychiatric disorders, especially depression. One important role of cytokines is in communicating between activated glia and neurons, at all levels of the nervous system. This process of neuroinflammation plays important roles in pain and depression. Cytokines may also directly regulate neuronal excitability. Many cytokines have been implicated in both pain and psychiatric disorders, including interleukin-1β‎ (IL-1β‎), tumor necrosis factor-α‎, and IL-6. More generally, an imbalance between type 1, pro-inflammatory cytokines and type 2, anti-inflammatory cytokines has been implicated in both pain and psychiatric disorders. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system can contribute to both pain and psychiatric disorders, in part through its actions on inflammation and the cytokine profile.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei He ◽  
Ting Yuan ◽  
Kathrin Maedler

AbstractObesity is associated with inflammatory macrophages in insulin responsive tissues and the resulting inflammatory response is a major contributor to insulin resistance. In insulin-producing pancreatic islets, the intra-islet accumulation of macrophages is observed in patients of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but such has not been investigated in obese individuals. Here, we show that pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF), anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-β) and macrophage polarization markers (CD11c, CD163, and NOS2) were expressed in isolated human islets from non-diabetic donors. Clodronate-mediated depletion of resident macrophages revealed expression of IL1B and IL10 mostly from macrophages, while IL6, TNF, and TGFB1 came largely from a non-macrophage origin in human islets. NOS2 expression came exclusively from non-macrophage cells in non-obese individuals, while it originated also from macrophages in obese donors. Macrophage marker expression of CD68, CD163, and ITGAX was unchanged in islets of non-obese control and obese cohorts. In contrast, IL1B and NOS2 were significantly increased in islets from obese, compared to non-obese individuals, implying a more inflammatory macrophage phenotype in islets in obesity. Our study shows elevated macrophage-associated inflammation in human islets in obesity, which could be an initiating factor to the pro-inflammatory intra-islet milieu and contribute to the higher susceptibility to T2D in obese individuals.


npj Vaccines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Alfredo Segura-Cerda ◽  
Brenda Marquina-Castillo ◽  
Vasti Lozano-Ordaz ◽  
Dulce Mata-Espinosa ◽  
Jorge Alberto Barrios-Payán ◽  
...  

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.


Placenta ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. A111
Author(s):  
Joey St-Pierre ◽  
Marc Fraser ◽  
Cathy Vaillancourt

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e0008101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuradha Rajamanickam ◽  
Saravanan Munisankar ◽  
Chandrakumar Dolla ◽  
Pradeep A. Menon ◽  
Kannan Thiruvengadam ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 824-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
In Koo Hwang ◽  
Jung Hoon Choi ◽  
Sung Min Nam ◽  
Ok Kyu Park ◽  
Dae Young Yoo ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Eckel

The metabolic syndrome represents a summation of obesity-driven risk factors for atherosclerotic CVD and type 2 diabetes. Definitions of the syndrome vary but in general agree closely in identifying subjects. The relationships between the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerotic CVD and diabetes also vary, with relative risks of approximately 1·5–3·0 and approximately 3·0–5·0 respectively. Insulin resistance appears to explain much of the pathophysiology of the syndrome. Both increased fatty acid flux and an excess of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines are likely mediators. With increased waist circumference, increases in fatty acid delivery to the liver result in higher rates of hepatic glucose production and increases in the secretion of apoB-containing lipoproteins. Concomitant changes in HDL ensue, including a replacement of the cholesterol content with TAG, an accelerated clearance from the plasma and thus a reduced number of HDL particles. Typically also present are increases in small dense LDL. Hypertension in part relates to the insulin resistance, but may involve other mechanisms. Impaired fasting glucose often relates to defects in insulin secretion in addition to insulin resistance, and probably more than any other component of the syndrome predicts the increased incidence of type 2 diabetes. Although not included in the diagnostic criteria, increases in pro-inflammatory cytokines and pro-thrombotic factors, in addition to decreases in plasma adiponectin, may also contribute to the increased incidence of atherosclerotic CVD and diabetes. In general, the greater the number of metabolic syndrome components, the greater the risk for these outcomes. The cytokines and pro-thrombotic factors also appear to contribute.


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