Title : Attenuation of CNS inflammatory responses by nicotine involves α7 and non-α7 nicotinic receptors.

Pub. Date : 2011 Jan

PMID : 20932827






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1 Here we show that nicotine exposure attenuates EAE severity and that this effect is largely abolished in nAChR alpha7 subunit knock-out mice. Nicotine cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 Mus musculus
2 Diverse effects of nicotine on effector and regulatory T cells, as well as antigen-presenting cells, may be linked to differential expression patterns of nAChR subunits across these cell types. Nicotine cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 Mus musculus
3 Taken together, our data show that although alpha7-nAChRs indeed seem to play an important role in nicotine-conferred reduction of the CNS inflammatory response and protection against EAE, other nAChR subtypes also are involved in the anti-inflammatory properties of the cholinergic system. Nicotine cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7 Mus musculus