Inhibition of the conversion of pre-interleukins-1α and 1β to mature cytokines by p-benzoquinone, a metabolite of benzene

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 211-222

  Niculescu, Rodica ^a   Bradford, Harlan N ^b   Colman, Robert W ^b   Kalf, George F ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Calpain; Hydroquinone; Interleukin 1; p Benzoquinone; Stromal macrophage

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; BENZENE; CALPAIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROQUINONE; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PREINTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; PREINTERLEUKIN 1BETA; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE; OXIDATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STROMA CELL;

BENZENE; BENZOQUINONES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALPAIN; CASPASE 1; CELL DIVISION; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; INDOMETHACIN; INTERLEUKIN-1; MACROPHAGES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MURINAE;

EID: 0029417076     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(95)03647-4     Document Type: Article

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