Endocrine Abstracts

Background: There is growing evidence that adhesion molecules, proinflammatory cells and cytokines play an important role in a variety of cardiac pathophysiological conditions; Cytokines are responsible for the modulation of immune and inflammatory processes. It has been suggested that cytokines such as IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-10 and TNF alpha are important modulators of atherosclerotic effects with IL-2 and Interferon γ having a proinflammatory atherogenic effect and IL-8 a...

Introduction: Interferon alpha (IFN alpha) is a cytokine with pleiotropic effects and via different pathways influences secretion of certain cytokines and hormones. Growth Hormone (GH) secreted from the pituitary has its physiological effects on various target tissues. The question is how IFN alpha administered in various type of diseases influences GH secretion. This study investigated acute effect of IFN-alpha on GH mRNA expression in rat anterior pituitary<p class="abst...