Receptors and effects of the inhibitory neuropeptide somatostatin in microglial cells

Characterization of ameboid microglia isolated from developing mammalian brain

1986 • 1,287 citations

Molecular pharmacology of somatostatin receptor subtypes

1997 • 411 citations

Somatostatin receptors: identification and characterization in rat brain membranes.

1981 • 252 citations

Lipopolysaccharide-free conditions in primary astrocyte cultures allow growth and isolation of microglial cells

1989 • 217 citations

Somatostatin and the immune and haematopoetic system; a review

1994 • 162 citations

Identification of Human Mononuclear Leukocytes Bearing Receptors for Somatostatin and Glucagon

1981 • 157 citations

Stimulation of monocyte chemotaxis by human growth hormone and its deactivation by somatostatin

1993 • 108 citations

Expression of mRNA for somatostatin receptor (sstr) types 2 and 5 in individual rat pituitary cells. A double labeling in situ hybridization analysis.

1995 • 106 citations

Expression of Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes in Cultured Astrocytes and Gliomas

1995 • 86 citations

Calcitonin gene‐related peptide and ATP induce immediate early gene expression in cultured rat microglial cells

1995 • 79 citations

Modulation of cytokine production in activated human monocytes by somatostatin

1996 • 75 citations

Identification of human mononuclear leukocytes bearing receptors for somatostatin and glucagon

1981 • 65 citations

Multiple intracellular effectors modulate physiological functions of the cloned somatostatin receptors

1996 • 63 citations

Enkephalin Metabolism by Microglia Aminopeptidase N (CD13)

1995 • 61 citations

Characterization and transduction mechanisms of purinoceptors in activated rat microglia

1994 • 59 citations

T lymphocytes isolated from the hepatic granulomas of schistosome-infected mice express somatostatin receptor subtype II (SSTR2) messenger RNA.

1994 • 59 citations

INHIBITION OF MICROGLIAL SUPEROXIDE ANION PRODUCTION BY ISOPROTERENOL AND DEXAMETHASONE

1996 • 52 citations

Suppression of superoxide release from human monocytes by somatostatin-related peptides

1992 • 45 citations

Expression of mRNA for somatostatin receptor (sstr) types 2 and 5 in individual rat pituitary cells. A double labeling in situ hybridization analysis

1995 • 44 citations

Endocrine peptides 'moonlighting' as immune modulators: roles for somatostatin and GH-releasing factor

1995 • 44 citations

Effect of stress-related hormones on macrophage receptors and response to tumor necrosis factor.

1990 • 36 citations

Blood monocytes and spleen macrophages differentiate into microglia-like cells when cultured on astrocytes

1994 • 33 citations

Somatostatin-binding sites on rat telencephalic astrocytes

1990 • 33 citations

Somatostatin (SRIF) stimulates the release of interleukin-6 (IL-6) from human peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) in vitro

1995 • 31 citations

Effect of pentoxifylline and somatostatin on tumour necrosis factor production by human pulmonary macrophages.

1994 • 28 citations

Cloned microglial cells but not macrophages synthesize β‐endorphin in response to CRH activation

1993 • 27 citations

Somatostatin Receptors

1995 • 26 citations

Metabolism of neuropeptide Y and calcitonin gene-related peptide by cultivated neurons and glial cells

1996 • 20 citations

Methods for the investigation of neuropeptide catabolism and stability in vitro

1997 • 19 citations

Meningeal cells are targets and inactivation sites for the neuropeptide somatostatin

1997 • 13 citations

The function of glial cells in the inactivation of neuropeptides

1996 • 2 citations