Microglia turns into an activated state when facing injury and disease entailing two main functions: phagocytosis of cellular debris and propagation of immune response. Once unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) increases proinflammatory cytokine secretion by both astrocytes [1] and microglia [2], we aimed to assess the sequence of events involved in microglia immunophenotype by UCB.
During neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia, astrocytes activated by unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) may contibute to brain toxicity through the production of cytokines. As a first step in addressing the signal transduction cascades involved in the UCB-induced astro
Exogenous and endogenous neurotoxins may have poisoning effects on living organisms. Neurotoxic signs can result from human intoxication by substances present in natural ecosystems as pollutants, such as inorganic mercury, cadmium, manganese and lead. or
Hyperbilirubinemia remains one of the most frequent clinical diagnoses in the neonatal period. The increased vulnerability of premature infants to unconjugated bilirubin (UCB)-induced brain damage may be due to a proneness of immature nerve cells to UCB-t
FCT, FEDER. - Project POCI/SAU-MMO/55919/2004