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ArticleBrain, behavior, and immunity2010

Differential sensitivity to endotoxin exposure in young and middle-age mice.

Rachel A Kohman, Beth Crowell, Alexander W Kusnecov

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Article in Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rachel A KohmanDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. rakohman@illinois.edu
Beth Crowell
Alexander W Kusnecov

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES005022 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI ROBERT John LAUMBACH · 1988 to 2026
$47.4M
TRAINING IN EVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGYT32ES007148 · NIEHS · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI Lauren M Aleksunes · 1987 to 2026
$11.4M
Neural and Behavioral Impact of T Cell ActivationR01MH060706 · NIMH · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI KUSNECOV, ALEXANDER W · 2001 to 2009
$1.4M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES05022NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007148NIMH NIH HHS MH60706NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060706PHS HHS 5T32 E507148
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging can have a profound effect on the neurobehavioral response to immune activation; aged subjects are predisposed to greater deficits in performance and cognitive function in conjunction with an exaggerated neuroinflammatory response. While increased reactivity to an immune insult has been well characterized in aged subjects, the alterations that may exist by middle-age have not been thoroughly investigated. The present study compared the reactions of young (4-month) and middle-age (12-month) male BALB/c mice to an acute or repeated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge(s). The data suggest that in some respects middle-aged mice are more sensitive to endotoxin exposure, as they show enhanced weight loss, splenic cytokine levels, and c-fos expression in the brain following acute LPS administration compared to younger mice. However, acute LPS exposure led to comparable decreases in locomotor activity in young and middle-aged mice. Following repeated LPS administration both age groups showed diminished behavioral and neural reactions to the final LPS challenge, indicating tolerance development. However, the immune system of the middle-aged mice was still mildly responsive to the final LPS exposure, as splenic levels of IL-1beta were significantly elevated. Collectively, the data suggest that middle-age subjects are more sensitive to an immune insult.

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AgingAnimalsBody WeightCytokinesEndotoxinsImmunohistochemistryInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMotor ActivityProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosSpleenTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCytokinesEndotoxinsInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID20025957
PMCPMC2826540

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