title: Production of IL-27 and other IL-12 family cytokines by microglia and their subpopulations.
abstract: Production of IL-27 and other IL-12 family cytokines by murine microglia were examined using RT-PCR, real-time RT-PCR and Western blot analysis. We show for the first time that murine microglia produce IL-27 in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or interferon-gamma. Primary microglia, but not their cell lines, also induce IL-12 and IL-23 upon above stimulation. Therefore, microglia may play a critical role initiating Th1 responses via producing IL-12 family cytokines in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroimmunology, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yawata
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawanokuchi
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzumura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D007378:Interleukins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017628:Microglia / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; C486767:Il27 protein, mouse; D007378:Interleukins; D018664:Interleukin-12