Biological activity of interferon gamma and lipopolysaccharide on the nitric oxide production in C6 astroglioma cells and some unexpected effects of potentization
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interferon gamma, potentization, succussion, high dilutionAbstract
Background: A proinflammatory environment is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases where astrocyte involvement is also well established. Astrocytes and microglia in central nervous system are mainly involved in the release of cytokines, oxygen free radicals and nitric oxide (NO). Several studies on C6 astroglioma cells, a widely used in vitro model for these events, demonstrated that co-stimulation of this cell line with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon gamma (IFN-ï§) induces a synergistic nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression.1 In our laboratory we are using this versatile cell model in order to carefully investigate dose-response effects of various putative agonists or inhibitors and to assess the possible changes provoked in those agents by different procedures of dilution and succussion (agitation) (potentization according to the homeopathic terminology).Downloads
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2021-08-27
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Bonafini, C., Marzotto, M., Olioso, D., & Bellavite, P. (2021). Biological activity of interferon gamma and lipopolysaccharide on the nitric oxide production in C6 astroglioma cells and some unexpected effects of potentization. International Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206, 14(2), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v14i2.779
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