Butyrate treatment on microglial cytokine expression in aged mice

Validation Score: 0.700 Price: $0.50 age-related neuroinflammation aged mice microglia Status: proposed

What This Experiment Tests

Validation experiment designed to validate causal mechanisms targeting N/A in aged mice microglia. Primary outcome: pro-inflammatory cytokine expression levels

Description

This experiment investigated the direct effects of butyrate on pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in microglia from aged mice. The study demonstrated that butyrate treatment can attenuate pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in microglia, suggesting its potential as an anti-inflammatory therapeutic agent for age-related neuroinflammation. This appears to be a preliminary experiment that provided the rationale for the subsequent dietary fiber intervention study.

TARGET GENE
N/A
MODEL SYSTEM
aged mice microglia
ESTIMATED COST
$0
TIMELINE
0 months
PATHWAY
neuroinflammation, microglial activation
SOURCE
extracted_from_pmid_30154787
PRIMARY OUTCOME
pro-inflammatory cytokine expression levels

Scoring Dimensions

Info Gain 0.00 (25%) Feasibility 0.00 (20%) Hyp Coverage 0.00 (20%) Cost Effect. 0.00 (15%) Novelty 0.00 (10%) Ethical Safety 0.00 (10%) 0.700 composite

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Protocol

Direct butyrate treatment of microglia with measurement of cytokine expression

Expected Outcomes

Reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in microglia

Success Criteria

Significant attenuation of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression

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