Neuroprotective immunity: T cell-derived glutamate endows astrocytes with a neuroprotective phenotype

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3866-3873

  Garg, Sanjay K ^a,c   Banerjee, Ruma ^a,c   Kipnis, Jonathan ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID BETA HYDROXAMIC ACID; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LACTIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LACTIC ACID; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 44849104439     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.6.3866     Document Type: Article

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