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Isolation and Th17 Differentiation of Naïve CD4 T Lymphocytes
Published on: September 26, 2013
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インタールイウキン17: 社会的なサイトカイン
Casper C Hoogenraad1, Lorena Riol-Blanco2
1Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Cell
|May 4, 2020
まとめ
炎症による発熱は自閉症スペクトル障害 (ASD) の行動を改善します. 研究者らは,炎症中に産生されるインタールイキン-17 (IL-17) が,神経発達障害のマウスモデルにおける社会的行動を高めることを発見しました.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 免疫学
- 発達生物学
背景:
- 自閉症スペクトル障害 (ASD) のある子供は,発熱による炎症反応の間に行動改善を示します.
- これらの有益な効果の基礎となる生物学的メカニズムは,ほとんど不明です.
- これらのメカニズムを理解することは 標的治療の開発に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 神経発達障害における社会的行動の調節における炎症誘発型サイトカインの役割を調査する.
- 炎症がASDのモデルにおける行動に影響を与える特定のメカニズムを解明する.
- 行動介入の潜在的治療標的を特定する
主な方法:
- 神経発達障害のマウスモデルを使用した.
- 誘発された制御された炎症反応と関連する行動の変化をモニターした.
- インタールイキン-17 (IL-17) を含む特定のサイトカインの生成を定量化した.
- 動物モデルにおける社会的相互作用の行動を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 炎症,特に発熱が伴う場合, 社会的行動に 積極的な影響を及ぼすことが示されました.
- この過程における重要な媒介体として,インタールイキン-17 (IL-17) を特定した.
- 炎症中のIL-17の生成が研究されたマウスモデルにおける社会的行動を促進することを示した.
結論:
- インタールイウキン17 (IL-17) は,炎症が社会的行動に与える有益な効果を媒介する重要な役割を果たします.
- これらの発見は 免疫系と神経の発達との 複雑な相互作用について 新たな洞察を与えてくれます
- 神経発達障害における社会的欠陥を改善するための潜在的な治療目標としてIL-17を提案しています.
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