title: High-magnesium concentration and cytokine production in human whole blood model.
abstract: The potential influence of magnesium (Mg) on inflammatory responses was assessed using an ex vivo model--human whole blood incubated with and without lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Addition of LPS leads to higher levels of cytokines including TNF-alpha and IL-6. No significant effect of Mg was observed following LPS stimulation whereas high concentration of Mg inhibited the baseline level (without LPS) of TNF-alpha and IL-6 production. This observation contrasts with that of a previous one on Mg-deficient animals. Therefore, the weak efficiency of increasing Mg concentration in this study on the whole blood from healthy volunteers suggests that the efficiency of Mg supplementation on cytokine production induced by endotoxin challenge depends on Mg status.
authors: Department of Veterinary Prevention and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Wojciech
authors: W
authors: Nowacki
authors: Corinne
authors: C
authors: Malpuech-Brugère
authors: Edmond
authors: E
authors: Rock
authors: Yves
authors: Y
authors: Rayssiguier
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D008274:Magnesium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; D008274:Magnesium