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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Our results indicate that benzodiazepine (Bz) treatment time, greater than 2-3 months, induce a decrease of both specific and nonspecific responses. Mice treated for different times with diazepam or chlordemethyldiazepam showed decreased survival to experimental Salmonella typhimurium infections after three months of treatment. Adherence, expressed as the polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) capacity to attach to nylon wool, was impaired after 7 days of treatment. Longer treatments further increase this impairment. PMN from mice treated with Bz for 90 days also demonstrate on impaired chemotaxis and phagocytosis for Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Monocytes from mice treated for 7 days secreted more IL-1 alpha then controls; the antibody titer in mice given to prolonged treatment progressively diminished compared to controls. Con A or LPS stimulated lymphocytes showed an increase of H3-thymidine incorporation from mice treated for a short time and conversely a decreased incorporation when taken from mice that underwent longer treatments. Benzodiazepines were therefore found to affect PMN chemotaxis and phagocitosis, general immunity and survival of mice to infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2413-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Anti-Anxiety Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Antibody Formation, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Bacteremia, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Benzodiazepines, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Diazepam, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Erythrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Immunity, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Phagocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Salmonella Infections, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:8847962-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of benzodiazepines on immunodeficiency and resistance in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Microbiologia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, II Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't