Dexamethasone inhibits TNF-α synthesis more effectively in Alzheimer's disease patients than in healthy individuals

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-286

  Dziedzic, Tomasz ^a,b   Wybranska, Iwona ^a   Dembinska Kie, Aldona ^a   Klimkowicz, Aleksandra ^a   Slowik, Agnieszka ^a   Pankiewicz, Joanna ^a   Zdzienicka, Anna ^a   Szczudlik, Andrzej ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cytokines; Dementia; Inflammation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0141505026     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072814     Document Type: Article

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