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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
CNS-resident cells, in particular microglia and macrophages, are a source of inflammatory cytokines during inflammation within the CNS. Expression of IL-23, a recently discovered cytokine, has been shown to be critical for the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in mice. Expression of the p40 subunit of IL-12 and IL-23 by microglia has been shown in situ and in vitro, but direct evidence for a functional significance of p40 expression by CNS cells during an immune response in vivo is still lacking. Here we report that p40 plays a critical role in maintaining encephalitogenicity during the disease course. By using irradiation bone marrow chimeras, we have generated mice in which p40 is deleted from the CNS parenchyma but not the systemic immune compartment. Our studies show that p40 expressed by CNS-endogenous cells is critical for the development of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-induced EAE. In spite of the reduced clinical disease, the absence of p40 from the CNS has little impact on the degree of inflammation. Expression profiles of the CNS lesions show an increase in Th2 cytokines when compared with mice that develop EAE in the presence of CNS IL-12 and/or IL-23. Taken together, our data demonstrate that p40 expression by CNS-resident cells forms the basis for the Th1 bias of the CNS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1186-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Interleukin-12 Subunit p40, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Interleukin-23, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Interleukin-23 Subunit p19, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Interleukins, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Myelin Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Protein Subunits, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14561703-Th1 Cells
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
IL-23 produced by CNS-resident cells controls T cell encephalitogenicity during the effector phase of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Neuroimmunology Unit, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. burkhard.becher@usz.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't