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Interleukin-1 beta stimulates the release of vasopressin from rat neurohypophysis
J D Christensen1, E W Hansen, B Fjalland
1Department of Biology, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen O.
European Journal of Pharmacology
|November 21, 1989
Abstract:
The release of vasopressin from the isolated superfused rat neurohypophysis was measured. The electrically evoked release of vasopressin after phasic submaximal stimulation was increased on exposure to the cytokine, interleukin-1 beta (44 pM). The release returned to its control level when the peptide was withdrawn. The results indicates a permissive role of interleukin-1 beta in the release of vasopressin.