Gangliosides suppress tumor necrosis factor production in human monocytes

H.W.L. Ziegler-Heitbrock, E Käfferlein, Juergen Haas, Nadia Meyer, M Ströbel, Christian Weber, Dimitri Flieger

Both normal and malignant cells contain gangliosides as important cell membrane constituents that, after being shed, may influence cells of the immune system...