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Advances in TNF Family ResearchTNFR2 – Target for Therapeutics Against Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Advances in TNF Family Research: TNFR2 – Target for Therapeutics Against Neurodegenerative Diseases? [Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a proinflammatory cytokine which acts via its two receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2. It is involved in many cell types in various cellular functions of cell growth, differentiation, and cellular apoptosis. Whereas soluble TNF has the highest affinity for TNFR1 and is therefore its main activator, the membrane standing precursor form of TNF was found to be the strongest activator of TNFR2. This may be also the simple technical reason why for a very long time hardly any TNFR2-specific response was known. In fact for a very long time TNFR2 was believed to function as ligand-passing receptor to TNFR1 or to be just a costimulator of TNFR1 signaling events. In fact under certain conditions this might be true yet a specific and TNFR1-independent signaling role was until recently not established [24].] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Advances in TNF Family ResearchTNFR2 – Target for Therapeutics Against Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Book Series (volume 691)
Editors: Wallach, David; Kovalenko, Andrew; Feldmann, Marc

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Publisher
Springer New York
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
ISBN
978-1-4419-6611-7
Pages
567–573
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-6612-4_59
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a proinflammatory cytokine which acts via its two receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2. It is involved in many cell types in various cellular functions of cell growth, differentiation, and cellular apoptosis. Whereas soluble TNF has the highest affinity for TNFR1 and is therefore its main activator, the membrane standing precursor form of TNF was found to be the strongest activator of TNFR2. This may be also the simple technical reason why for a very long time hardly any TNFR2-specific response was known. In fact for a very long time TNFR2 was believed to function as ligand-passing receptor to TNFR1 or to be just a costimulator of TNFR1 signaling events. In fact under certain conditions this might be true yet a specific and TNFR1-independent signaling role was until recently not established [24].]

Published: Oct 22, 2010

Keywords: Neuroprotective Effect; Primary Cortical Neuron; Neuroprotective Mechanism; Magnocellular Nucleus Basalis; Lovastatin Treatment

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