Our primary goal was to determine if leukocytes are a source of nerve growth factor (NGF) in mouse spleen. Noradrenergic nerves were localized to arteries and white pulp in normal spleens but only to arteries in ultra-immunodeficient R2G2 mice that lack leukocytes. NGF mRNA was detected in vascular cells and leukocytes of normal spleen, and several of the latter were T cells based on double labeling for NGF mRNA and CD3. Our findings indicate NGF is produced by vascular cells and to a lesser extent by leukocytes in spleen and provide support for pleiotropic actions in spleen and salivary glands.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-2-1033 |
| Date | 15 May 2022 |
| Creators | Britt, Nicholas M., Poston, Megan D., Garbe, Chloe G., Miller, Madeleine K., Peeters, Loren D., Wills, Liza J., Schweitzer, John B., Brown, Russell W., Hoover, Donald B. |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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