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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Axonal injury initiates a process of neuronal degeneration, with resulting death of neuronal cell bodies. We show here that in C57BL/6J mice, previously shown to have a limited ability to manifest a post-traumatic protective immunity, the rate of neuronal survival is increased if IL-6 is deficient during the first 24 hours after optic nerve injury. Immunocytochemical staining preformed 7 days after the injury revealed an increased number of activated microglia in the IL-6-deficient mice compared to the wild-type mice. In addition, IL-6-deficient mice showed an increased resistance to glutamate toxicity. These findings suggest that the presence of IL-6 during the early post-traumatic phase, at least in mice that are susceptible to autoimmune disease development, has a negative effect on neuronal survival. This further substantiates the contention that whether immune-derived factors are beneficial or harmful for nerve recovery after injury depends on the phenotype of the immune cells and the timing and nature of their dialog with the damaged neural tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Nerve Crush, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Optic Nerve Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:11525794-Retinal Ganglion Cells
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased post-traumatic survival of neurons in IL-6-knockout mice on a background of EAE susceptibility.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't