Proteins that directly regulate tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling have critical roles in determining cell death and survival. Previously we characterized ubiquitously expressed transcript (UXT)-V2 as a novel transcriptional cofactor to regulate nuclear factor-κB in the nucleus. Here we report that another splicing isoform of UXT, UXT-V1, localizes in cytoplasm and regulates TNF-induced apop...

objective(s): neuroinflammation in parkinson disease (pd) is associated with glial cells activation and production of different inflammatory cytokines. in this study, we investigated the effect of chronic administration of 8-oh-dpat on 6-ohda-induced catalepsy and levels of inflammatory cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (csf).   materials and methods: catalepsy was induced by unilateral infusion...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induces pleiotropic cellular effects through a 55kDa, type 1 receptor (TNFR1) and a 75kDa type 2 receptor (TNFR2). Moreover, it participates in the pathogenesis of several CNS diseases, including demyelinating diseases. TNF-alpha receptors are differentially expressed and are regulated in many cell types. However, data regarding the TNF-alpha receptor expressio...

The adenoviral protein E3-14.7K (14.7K) is an inhibitor of TNF-induced apoptosis, but the molecular mechanism underlying this protective effect has not yet been explained exhaustively. TNF-mediated apoptosis is initiated by ligand-induced recruitment of TNF receptor-associated death domain (TRADD), Fas-associated death domain (FADD), and caspase-8 to the death domain of TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1), ...

*Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics and Institute for Molecular Medicine, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814; †Cancer and Cell Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892; and §Protein Expression Laboratory, National Cancer Institute SAIC, Nationa...

Abstract Background Approximately one third of IBD patients show a primary non-response to anti-TNF therapy. An individualized treatment approach requires clinical predictors. Our previous study showed that LPS-stimulated TNF production can be used predict response infliximab in Crohn′s Disease patients. The expression the myeloid receptor TREM1 is also known as potential predictive marker for ...

Hakim AW, Dong XD, Svensson P, Kumar U, Cairns BE. TNF mechanically sensitizes masseter muscle afferent fibers of male rats. J Neurophysiol 102: 1551–1559, 2009. First published June 24, 2009; doi:10.1152/jn.00326.2009. Behavioral evidence in rats indicates that injection of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF ) into skeletal muscle results in a prolonged mechanical sensitization without gross inf...

there has been considerable inconsistency regarding the potential relationship between dyslipidemia and bone metabolism. the inflammatory stimulation through the receptor activator of the nuclear factor kappa-b ligand (rankl)/ receptor activator of the nuclear factor kappa-b (rank)/ osteoprotegerin (opg) pathway could be the infrastructural mechanism for hypercholesterolemia-induced bone loss. ...

Objective Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) exhibit peripheral low-grade inflammation. The aim of the current study was to investigate the involvement of hitherto unexplored components of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily in BD. Methods Eighty patients with type I BD and 50 healthy controls matched for age and gender were enrolled in this study. All subjects were assessed with the...