Neuroinflammation and Neutrophils: Modulation by Ouabain
Jacqueline Alves Leite, Luiz Henrique Agra Cavalcante‐Silva, Martina Raissa Ribeiro, Geovanni de Morais Lima, Cristóforo Scavone, Sandra Rodrigues‐Mascarenhas
Abstract
-ATPase (NKA) modifying cellular ion concentration and trigger cell signaling mechanisms without altering ion balance. These steroids are known to modulate some immune responses, including cytokine production, neutrophil migration, and inflammation (peripherally and in the nervous system). Inflammation can occur in response to homeostasis perturbations and is related to the development of many diseases, including immune-mediated diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. Considering the neutrophils role in the general neuroinflammatory response and that these cells can be modulated by cardiac steroids, this work aims to review the possible regulation of neutrophilic neuroinflammation by the cardiac steroid ouabain.