title: Cytokines in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: 1. Human astrocytoma cells produced biologically active interleukin-6 when treated with a variety of agents including bacterial lipopolysaccharides, viruses, and interleukin-1. 2. Both human recombinant IL-6 and IL-6 produced by stimulated astrocytes promoted differentiation of cultured neuronal cells and reduced survival time in culture. 3. Interleukin-6 and interleukin-1 stimulated the synthesis of the Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid precursor protein. 4. Cytokines may be involved in stimulation of dystrophic neuritic sprouting, neuronal death, and amyloid deposition noted in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Altstiel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sperber
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000378:metabolism; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D016207:Cytokines; D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins