The transcription factor nuclear factor interleukin 6 mediates pro- and anti-inflammatory responses during LPS-induced systemic inflammation in mice

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-164

  Schneiders, Jenny ^a   Fuchs, Franziska ^a   Damm, Jelena ^a   Herden, Christiane ^a   Gerstberger, Rüdiger ^a   Soares, Denis Melo ^b   Roth, Joachim ^a   Rummel, Christoph ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Fever; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Immune to brain signaling; Lipopolysaccharide; Neuroinflammation; Neutrophil granulocytes; NF IL6; Serotonin; Tryptophan metabolism

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN DELTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTRUS CYCLE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-DELTA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84942982598     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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