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PACAP Neuropeptide Protects Against Autoimmune Brain Inflammation by Generating Regulatory T-Cells

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The takeaway

PACAP (pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide) intrinsically regulated Treg abundance and protected against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (MS model), establishing it as a natural anti-autoimmune neuropeptide.

Key finding

PACAP (pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide) intrinsically regulated Treg abundance and protected against experimental autoimmune encepha

What the researchers found

PACAP (pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide) intrinsically regulated Treg abundance and protected against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (MS model), establishing it as a natural anti-autoimmune neuropeptide.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2009.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
PACAP Neuropeptide Protects Against Autoimmune Brain Inflammation by Generating Regulatory T-Cells
What was found?
PACAP (pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide) intrinsically regulated Treg abundance and protected against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (MS model), establishing it as a natural anti-autoimmune neuropeptide.

Read the original research

Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide is an intrinsic regulator of Treg abundance and protects against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(6), 2012-7

Citation

Tan, Yossan-Var; Abad, Catalina; Lopez, Robert; Dong, Hongmei; Liu, Shen; Lee, Alice; Gomariz, Rosa P; Leceta, Javier; Waschek, James A. (2009). Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide is an intrinsic regulator of Treg abundance and protects against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(6), 2012-7. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0812257106