title: Evidence in vitro of glial cell priming in the taiep rat.
abstract: Cultured glial cells from the cerebellum of 15-day-old taiep rats produced NO, increased iNOS levels, up-regulated iNOS expression and promoted TNF release when stimulated with LPS and IFNgamma. These responses were much greater than in control cells. In taiep glial cells, NO production and iNOS levels and expression induced by the co-stimulatory signal were resistant to the inhibitory effect of TGFbeta1. The glial cell priming might have been generated by oligodendrocyte alteration in taiep rats.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado Postal 14-740, 07000 Mexico D.F., Mexico.
authors.forename: Bertha A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: León-Chávez
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Antonio Gonzalez-Barrios
authors.forename: Araceli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ugarte
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Meraz
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinez-Fong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011922:Rats, Mutant Strains; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide