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Nicotine modulates the immunological function of dendritic cells through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ upregulation.
Cellular immunology - 1 Jan 2012
Yanagita Manabu, Kobayashi Ryohei, Kojima Yuko, Mori Kenta, Murakami Shinya
Abstract excerpt
We examined the effects of nicotine on differentiation and function of monocyte-derived human dendritic cells (DCs). NiDCs, which were the DCs differentiated in the presence of nicotine, showed lower levels of CD1a. Secretion of IL-12 and TNF-α by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated NiDCs was significantly suppressed compared to monocyte-derived DCs grown without nicotine. NiDCs displayed a diminished capacity to...
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