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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a potent immunosuppressant cytokine which downregulates MHC class II antigen expression and inflammatory cytokine production. In this study we localized mRNA for IL-10 in the rat peripheral nervous system (PNS) by nonradioactive in situ hybridization using a digoxygenin-labeled riboprobe specific for rat IL-10. IL-10 mRNA was expressed by some Schwann cells (SCs) in the normal sciatic nerve. During Wallerian degeneration, SCs strongly expressed IL-10 mRNA between days 2 and 4 after transection. By day 14 only occasional cells were positive for IL-10 mRNA. The vast majority of ED1-positive macrophages were IL-10 negative after axotomy. Contrastingly, infiltrating macrophages expressed IL-10 mRNA conincident with beginning clinical recovery in experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), the rat model of human Guillain-Barré syndrome. Our data suggest that SCs provide a constitutive immunosuppressant system in the PNS. In EAN additional macrophage-derived IL-10 may be important for the resolution of the T cell-mediated immune response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0360-4012
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
254-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential expression of interleukin-10 mRNA in Wallerian degeneration and immune-mediated inflammation of the rat peripheral nervous system.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't