کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4349156 1296927 2007 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Neurosteroids reduce inflammation after TBI through CD55 induction
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب (عمومی)
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Neurosteroids reduce inflammation after TBI through CD55 induction
چکیده انگلیسی
The inflammatory cascade that follows traumatic brain injury may lead to secondary cell death and can impede recovery of function. Complement factors and their convertases are increased in glia after brain injury and lead to the production of inflammatory products that kill vulnerable neurons. Progesterone and its metabolite allopregnanolone (5α-pregnan-3β-ol-20-one) have been shown to reduce the expression of inflammatory cytokines in the acute stages of brain injury, although how they do this is not completely understood. In this study we show that both progesterone and allopregnanolone treatments enhance the production of CD55 following contusion injuries of the cerebral cortex in rats. CD55, a single-chain type 1 cell surface protein, is a potent inhibitor of the complement convertases which are activators of the inflammatory cascade. The increased expression of CD55 could be an important mechanism by which steroids help to reduce the cerebral damage caused by inflammation.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neuroscience Letters - Volume 425, Issue 2, 25 September 2007, Pages 94-98
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