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Lookup NU author(s): Sarah Fritchley, Emeritus Professor John Kirby, Professor Simi Ali
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IFN-γ is a pleiotropic cytokine that is primarily involved in the regulation of immune cell activation and the development of tissue inflammation. It is capable of activating a range of non-immune cells, including those of the vascular endothelium. These cells respond by increasing the expression of intracellular and cell-surface molecules such as class II MHC antigens and adhesion molecules that, together, increase the tendency for interaction with immune cells. It is known that IFN-γ can bind cell surface and extracellular heparan sulphate. Furthermore, soluble heparin can inhibit the function of this cytokine, presumably by competitive displacement from the cell surface, resulting in the failure of normal receptor signal transduction. In this study it is shown that heparin can prevent normal induction of the class II transactivator and heat shock cognate protein-70 in an IFN-γ-treated endothelial cell line. Both of these molecules are dependent on the activation of intracytoplasmic STAT-1, which is the most receptor proximal component of their respective induction pathways. This provides further evidence for the blockade by heparin of ligand activation of the specific IFN-γ receptor.
Author(s): Fritchley SJ; Kirby JA; Ali S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Clinical and Experimental Immunology
Year: 2000
Volume: 120
Issue: 2
Pages: 247-252
ISSN (print): 0009-9104
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2249
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01178.x
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01178.x
PubMed id: 10792372
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