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Effects of the nerve growth factor and its carrier protein on the inflammatory response from human monocytes.

Yann VerresAude BodinSarah ChevretTatiana VictoniThomas GicquelEmiliano BarretoVéronique Freund-MichelVincent Lagente
Published in: Fundamental & clinical pharmacology (2024)
These data suggest that NGF is able to enhance monocyte inflammatory responses once cells are stimulated with another signal but is possibly not able to directly activate it. This could have implications for example in patients with bacterial infections, where NGF could worsen the local inflammation by over-activating immune cells.
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