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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
The signaling mechanisms by which brain macrophages and microglia (BMM) respond to injury and disease, and how their responses affect neurodegenerative processes are largely unknown. Here we show that bone marrow transplantation can be used to introduce genetically modified BMM into the adult mouse brain to reveal the functions of one or more BMM genes in neuronal injury responses. Mice in which endogenous BMM were replaced with cells from mice lacking p55 and p75 tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptors exhibit increased vulnerability of hippocampal neurons to excitotoxic injury suggesting a role for TNF signaling in BMM in the excitotoxic injury response. Neurons in the brains of mice with BMM lacking nitric oxide synthase exhibit reduced protein nitration and are less vulnerable to excitotoxic damage, indicating a pivotal role for BMM nitric oxide production in excitotoxic neuronal damage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1535-1084
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Neurotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Nitrates, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15626822-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone marrow transplantation reveals roles for brain macrophage/microglia TNF signaling and nitric oxide production in excitotoxic neuronal death.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article