PMID- 12476354 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030303 LR - 20220321 IS - 1355-0284 (Print) IS - 1538-2443 (Electronic) IS - 1355-0284 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 6 DP - 2002 Dec TI - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in normal and diseased brain: Conflicting effects via intraneuronal receptor crosstalk? PG - 611-24 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is pleiotropic mediator of a diverse array of physiological and neurological functions, including both normal regulatory functions and immune responses to infectious agents. Its role in the nervous system is prominent but paradoxical. Studies on uninflamed or "normal" brain have generally attributed TNF-alpha a neuromodulatory effect. In contrast, in inflamed or diseased brain, the abundance of evidence suggests that TNF-alpha has an overall neurotoxic effect, which may be particularly pronounced for virally mediated neurological disease. Still others have found TNF-alpha to be protective under some conditions of neurological insult. It is still uncertain exactly how TNF-alpha is able to induce these opposing effects through receptor activation of only a limited set of cell signaling pathways. In this paper, we provide support from the literature to advance our hypothesis that one mechanism by which TNF-alpha can exert its paradoxical effects in the brain is via crosstalk with signaling pathways of growth factors or other cytokines. FAU - Perry, Seth W AU - Perry SW AD - Center for Aging and Developmental Biology, Aab Biomedical Institute, and the Departments of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA. Seth_Perry@urmc.rochester.edu FAU - Dewhurst, Stephen AU - Dewhurst S FAU - Bellizzi, Matthew J AU - Bellizzi MJ FAU - Gelbard, Harris A AU - Gelbard HA LA - eng GR - T32 AI49815/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM07356/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI049815/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM007356/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 MH64570/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 MH064570/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH056838/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH56838/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PT - Review PL - United States TA - J Neurovirol JT - Journal of neurovirology JID - 9508123 RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Brain/cytology/*immunology MH - Brain Diseases/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Neurons/immunology MH - Receptor Cross-Talk/*immunology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*immunology PMC - PMC7094979 EDAT- 2002/12/12 04:00 MHDA- 2003/03/04 04:00 PMCR- 2020/03/25 CRDT- 2002/12/12 04:00 PHST- 2002/12/12 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/03/04 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/12/12 04:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PAEK73867JD0VCH0 [pii] AID - 80600611 [pii] AID - 10.1080/13550280290101021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurovirol. 2002 Dec;8(6):611-24. doi: 10.1080/13550280290101021.