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IL-4 increases GABAergic phenotype in rat retinal cell cultures: involvement of muscarinic receptors and protein kinase C.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Dec 2002
Sholl-Franco Alfred, Marques Patrícia M B, Ferreira Cecília M C, de Araujo Elizabeth G
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine. During injuries, infections and neurodegenerative diseases, high levels of this molecule are expressed in the brain. In the present work, we investigated the effect of IL-4 on GABAergic differentiation of retinal cells kept in vitro. We analyzed either the uptake of [3H]-gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) or the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD-67)...
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