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Temple University
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About: Temple University is a education organization based out in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 32154 authors who have published 64375 publications receiving 2219828 citations.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Anxiety, Health care, Receptor
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TL;DR: Data suggest that excess pituitary beta-endorphin may play a role in the development of the overeating and obesity syndrome.
Abstract: Small doses of the opiate antagonist naloxone selectively abolished overeating in genetically obese mice (ob/ob) and rats (fa/fa). Elevated concentrations of the naturally occurring opiate beta-endorphin were found in the pituitaries of both obese species and in the blood plasma of the obese rats. Brain levels of beta-endorphin and Leu-enkephalin were unchanged. These data suggest that excess pituitary beta-endorphin may play a role in the development of the overeating and obesity syndrome.
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TL;DR: The available data are reviewed and the necessary paths for a fair reappraisal of the 'oxidative stress hypothesis' of AD are discussed, which has created a wave of criticism towards the oxidative stress hypothesis of AD.
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TL;DR: It is found that MerTK expression is heterogenous among macrophage subsets, being mostly restricted to anti-inflammatory M2c (CD14+CD16+CD163+CD204+CD206+CD209−) cells, differentiated by M-CSF or glucocorticoids.
Abstract: Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) is a major macrophage apoptotic cell (AC) receptor. Its functional impairment promotes autoimmunity and atherosclerosis, whereas overexpression correlates with poor prognosis in cancer. However, little is known about mechanisms regulating MerTK expression in humans. We found that MerTK expression is heterogenous among macrophage subsets, being mostly restricted to anti-inflammatory M2c (CD14(+)CD16(+)CD163(+)CD204(+)CD206(+)CD209(-)) cells, differentiated by M-CSF or glucocorticoids. Small numbers of MerTK(+) "M2c-like" cells are also detectable among circulating CD14(bright)CD16(+) monocytes. MerTK expression levels adapt to changing immunologic environment, being suppressed in M1 and M2a macrophages and in dendritic cells. Remarkably, although glucocorticoid-induced differentiation is IL-10 independent, M-CSF-driven M2c polarization and related MerTK upregulation require IL-10. However, neither IL-10 alone nor TGF-β are sufficient to fully differentiate M2c (CD16(+)CD163(+)MerTK(+)) macrophages. M-CSF and IL-10, both released by T lymphocytes, may thus be required together to promote regulatory T cell-mediated induction of anti-inflammatory monocytes-macrophages. MerTK enables M2c macrophages to clear early ACs more efficiently than other macrophage subsets, and it mediates AC clearance by CD14(bright)CD16(+) monocytes. Moreover, M2c cells release Gas6, which in turn amplifies IL-10 secretion via MerTK. IL-10-dependent induction of the Gas6/MerTK pathway may, therefore, constitute a positive loop for M2c macrophage homeostasis and a critical checkpoint for maintenance of anti-inflammatory conditions. Our findings give new insight into human macrophage polarization and favor a central role for MerTK in regulation of macrophage functions. Eliciting M2c polarization can have therapeutic utility for diseases such as lupus, in which a defective AC clearance contributes to initiate and perpetuate the pathological process.
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TL;DR: Results clearly demonstrate the presence of two distinct platelet ADP receptors in addition to the P2X receptor: one coupled to adenylyl cyclase and the other coupled to mobilization of calcium from intracellular stores through inositol trisphosphates.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Robert J. Lefkowitz | 214 | 860 | 147995 |
Rakesh K. Jain | 200 | 1467 | 177727 |
Virginia M.-Y. Lee | 194 | 993 | 148820 |
Yury Gogotsi | 171 | 956 | 144520 |
Timothy A. Springer | 167 | 669 | 122421 |
Ralph A. DeFronzo | 160 | 759 | 132993 |
James J. Collins | 151 | 669 | 89476 |
Robert J. Glynn | 146 | 748 | 88387 |
Edward G. Lakatta | 146 | 858 | 88637 |
Steven Williams | 144 | 1375 | 86712 |
Peter Buchholz | 143 | 1181 | 92101 |
David Goldstein | 141 | 1301 | 101955 |
Scott D. Solomon | 137 | 1145 | 103041 |
Donald B. Rubin | 132 | 515 | 262632 |
Jeffery D. Molkentin | 131 | 482 | 61594 |