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High-magnesium concentration and cytokine production in human whole blood model Volume 22, numéro 2, June 2009

Auteurs
Department of Veterinary Prevention and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint-Genès Champanelle, France, Clermont Université, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

The potential influence of magnesium (Mg) on inflammatory responses was assessed using an ex vivo model – human whole blood incubated with and without lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Addition of LPS leads to higher levels of cytokines including TNF-α and IL-6. No significant effect of Mg was observed following LPS stimulation whereas high concentration of Mg inhibited the baseline level (without LPS) of TNF-α and IL-6 production. This observation contrasts with that of a previous one on Mg-deficient animals. Therefore, the weak efficiency of increasing Mg concentration in this study on the whole blood from healthy volunteers suggests that the efficiency of Mg supplementation on cytokine production induced by endotoxin challenge depends on Mg status.