Glucocorticoids inhibit the induction of nitric oxide synthase II by down-regulating cytokine-induced activity of transcription factor nuclear factor-κB

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-21

  Kleinert, Hartmut ^a   Euchenhofer, Christian ^a   Ihrig Biedert, Irmgard ^a   Förstermann, Ulrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MIFEPRISTONE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030060927     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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