Table 1.

Cytokine ligand and receptor expression in the CNS

Inflammatory Factor	Receptors	Inflammatory Factor Expression Cell Type	References
IFN-γ	IFN-γ R	T-cells	Griffin 1997
IFN-α	IFN-α R	Macrophage Microgila	Vezzani et al. 2002, Kast 2002, Peng et al. 2008
IL-1β	IL-1β R	Macrophage Microgila	Peng et al. 2006, Peng et al. 2008, Zhao et al, 2001
IL-18	IL-18 R	Macrophage Microgila	Conti et al.1998
IL-6	IL-6 R	Macrophage Microgila	Monje et al. 2003, Nakanishi et al. 2007
SDF-1α	CXCR4 CXCR7	Astrocytes	Imitola et al. 2004, Peng et al. 2006
MCP-1	CCR2	Macrophage Microgila Astrocytes	Conant et al. 1998, Cinque et al. 1998