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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2015 Jan 9;213(3):603–627. doi: 10.1111/apha.12445

Table 5.

Effects of NPY on n production of immune cells

Cells Sp Specification Rec Effect Age Signal Ref
Macrophages M Peritoneal resident cells (macrophages+lymphocytes) ↓ TNF-α (LPS-stimulated) (De la Fuente et al. 2001a)
Macrophages M Peritoneal resident cells (macrophages+lymphocytes) ↑ IL-1β (Con A-stimulated) adult (De la Fuente et al. 2001a)
Macrophages M Peritoneal resident cells (macrophages+lymphocytes) ↓IL-1β (Con A-stimulated) old (De la Fuente et al. 2001a)
Macrophages M Peritoneal, thioglycollate-elicited Y1 ↓ MCP-1 + TNF (LPS- stimulated) (Macia et al. 2012b)
Monocytes / Macrophages M RAW 264.7 cell line Y1 ↑ TGF-β1 PI3K (Zhou et al. 2008a)
Macrophages M Spleen tissue slice Y1 ↓ IL-6 (spontaneous, α2 adrenoceptor agonist) (Straub et al. 2000b)
Macrophages M Spleen tissue slice Y1 ↑ IL-6 (β adrenoceptor agonist) (Straub et al. 2000b)
Macrophages M Peritoneal, thioglycollate-elicited Y1 ↑ high-mobility group box 1 secretion young PKC/ERK (Zhou et al. 2013)
DCs H Blood ↑ IL-6 + IL-10 (Th2 polarization) (Buttari et al. 2014)
Leukocytes M Peritoneal resident cells (macrophages+lymphocytes) ↓ IL-2 (Con A-stimulated) adult (Puerto et al. 2005)
Leukocytes H Blood ↑ IL-βp, IL-6, TNF-α (Hernanz et al. 1996)
Leukocytes M Peritoneal resident cells (macrophages+lymphocytes) ↓TNF-α (LPS-stimulated) adult (Puerto et al. 2005)
Lymphocytes M ↓ IL-2 (Con A-stimulated) adult (Medina et al. 2000a)
T cells M Nonadherent splenocytes + T cell clones ↓ IFN-α + ↑ IL-4 (Th2 polarization) (Kawamura et al. 1998)
T cells M T cell lines ↑ IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-4 (Levite 1998)
T cells M Spleen Y1 ↓ IFN-γ (anti-CD3 Ab-stimulated) (Bedoui et al. 2003)

Abbreviations: Ab, antibody, Con A, concanavalin A; DCs, dendritic cells; ERK, extracellular signal regulated kinases; H, human; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin, LPS, lipopolysaccharide; M, mouse; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3-kinase; PKC, protein kinase C; Rec, receptor; Sp, species; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.