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Caffeine Has Different Immunomodulatory Effect on the Cytokine Expression and NLRP3 Inflammasome Function in Various Human Macrophage Subpopulations.
Nutrients - 14 Jul 2021
Kovács Elek Gergő, Alatshan Ahmad, Budai Marietta Margit, Czimmerer Zsolt, Bíró Eduárd, Benkő Szilvia
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Besides its well-known psychoactive effects, caffeine has a broad range of actions. It regulates several physiological mechanisms as well as modulates both native and adaptive immune responses by various ways. Although caffeine is assumed to be a negative regulator of inflammation, the effect on the secretion of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines is highly controversial. Macrophages are major mediators of...
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