Artigo Revisado por pares

[46] Inflammatory responses to amyloid fibrils

1999; Academic Press; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0076-6879(99)09048-5

ISSN

1557-7988

Autores

Stephen L. Yates, June Kocsis‐Angle, Paula Embury, Kurt R. Brunden,

Tópico(s)

Advanced Glycation End Products research

Resumo

Our laboratory has routinely used the methodologies described here to characterize the effects of fibrillar A beta and amylin on cytokine synthesis and secretion by LPS-differentiated THP-1 cells. Because LPS-treated THP-1 cells resemble macrophage and microglia, this assay system represents an in vitro model of the potential interactions between A beta-containing senile plaques and microglia in the AD brain. As such, these methodologies should prove useful in the identification of compounds that inhibit this A beta-induced inflammatory response.

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