Articles by author - Yu-Ping Peng

Dopamine receptors modulate T lymphocytes via inhibition of cAMP-CREB signaling pathway.

Huang Y, Chen C, Wang T, Qiu Y, Peng Y.

Journal Article 2016; 37(7): 491-500 PubMed PMID: 28326743  Keywords:  Animals, Cyclic AMP:metabolism, Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator:metabolism, Dopamine Agonists:pharmacology, Dopamine Antagonists:pharmacology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Mice, Inbred ICR, Phosphorylation, Quinpirole:pharmacology, Receptors, .    Citation

OBJECTIVES: We have previously reported that dopamine D2-like receptors including D2, D3 and D4 receptors are more important in mediating .....

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Cerebellar ataxia induced by 3-AP affects immunological function.

Jiang Y, Cao B, Wang X, Peng Y, Qiu Y.

Journal Article 2015; 36(3): 246-256 PubMed PMID: 26313392  Keywords:  Animals, Cerebellar Ataxia:chemically induced, Disease Models, Animal, Immunity, Cellular:immunology, Immunity, Humoral:immunology, Male, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: We previously showed that the cerebellum modulates the immune system. Here we determined whether cerebellar ataxia alters immun.....

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Effect of tyrosine hydroxylase gene silencing in CD4+ T lymphocytes on differentiation and function of helper T cells.

Liu Y, Huang Y, Wang X, Peng Y, Qiu Y.

Journal Article 2012; 33(6): 643-650 PubMed PMID: 23160220  Keywords:  Animals, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes:enzymology, Catecholamines:biosynthesis, Cell Differentiation:immunology, Cells, Cultured, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic:immunology, Gene Silencing:physiology, Interferon-gamma:metabolism, Interleukin-4:metabo.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: We explored effect of gene silencing of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), a rate-limiting enzyme for synthesis of catecholamines (CAs.....

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The hypothalamus mediates the effect of cerebellar fastigial nuclear glutamatergic neurons on humoral immunity.

Cao B, Han X, Huang Y, Qiu Y, Peng Y.

Journal Article 2012; 33(4): 393-400 PubMed PMID: 22936265  Keywords:  Animals, Cattle, Cerebellar Nuclei:cytology, Female, Glutamic Acid:metabolism, Hypothalamus:physiology, Immunity, Humoral:physiology, Male, Neuroimmunomodulation:physiology, Neurons:immunology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Serum Albumin, Bovine:immunology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: We explored effect of glutamatergic neurons in the fastigial nucleus (FN), one of three cerebellar nuclei, on humoral immunity.....

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Roles of dopamine receptor subtypes in mediating modulation of T lymphocyte function.

Huang Y, Qiu A, Peng Y, Liu Y, Huang H, Qiu Y.

Journal Article 2010; 31(6): 782-791 PubMed PMID: 21196914  Keywords:  2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine:pharmacology, Animals, Benzazepines:pharmacology, Blotting, Western, CREB-Binding Protein:metabolism, Cell Proliferation:drug effects, Dopamine Agonists:pharmacology, Dopamine Antagonists:pharmaco.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Dopamine exists in the immune system and has obvious immunomodulating action. However, receptor mechanism underlying the dopami.....

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Modulation of natural killer cell function by alpha-adrenoreceptor-coupled signalling.

Xiao J, Huang H, Peng Y, Bao J, Huang Y, Qiu Y.

Journal Article 2010; 31(5): 635-644 PubMed PMID: 21173746  Keywords:  Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists:pharmacology, Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists:pharmacology, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists:pharmacology, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Antagonists:pharmacology, Animals, Clonidine:pharmacology, Cytotoxicity.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Our previous work has shown that α-adrenoreceptor (α-AR)-coupled signaling modulates T lymphocyte function. Here, we investig.....

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