ArticleImmunoHorizons2018
The Neuropeptides of Ocular Immune Privilege, α-MSH and NPY, Suppress Phagosome Maturation in Macrophages.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mechanisms of neuropeptide-mediated immune sensing in the modulation of antitumor immunity.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Review
- Loss of Pigment Epithelium Derived Factor Sensitizes C57BL/6J Mice to Light-Induced Retinal Damage.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Multidimensional immunotherapy for dry eye disease: current status and future directions.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2024Review
- Immunomodulatory Role of Neuropeptides in the Cornea.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- The Role of Neuropeptide Y in the Nucleus Accumbens.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- The cornea IV immunology, infection, neovascularization, and surgery chapter 1: Corneal immunology.Experimental eye research · 2021Review
- The Role of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Regulation of Macrophages/Microglial Cells in Retinal Immunobiology.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Neuropeptide Y Is an Immunomodulatory Factor: Direct and Indirect.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Myofibroblasts persist through immune privilege mechanisms to mediate oral submucous fibrosis: Uncovering the pathogenesis.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchReview
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Abstract
The ocular microenvironment has evolutionarily adapted several mechanisms of immunosuppression to minimize the induction of inflammation. Neuropeptides produced by the retinal pigment epithelial cells regulate macrophage activity. Two neuropeptides, α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α -MSH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), are constitutively expressed by the retinal pigment epithelial cells. Together these two neuropeptides induce anti-inflammatory cytokine production in endotoxin-stimulated macrophages and suppress phagocytosis of unopsonized bioparticles. These neuropeptides do not suppress the phagocytosis of opsonized bioparticles; however, they do suppress phagolysosome activation or formation. In this report, we studied the possibility that α-MSH with NPY suppress phagosome maturation within macrophages using opsonized OVA-coated magnetic beads to isolate and analyze the phagosomes. The magnetic bead-containing intercellular vesicles were isolated and assayed for Rab5, Rab7, LAMP1, Ia
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