Vesnarinone is a selective inhibitor of macrophage TNF-α release

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 371-378

  Kambayashi, Taku ^a   Mazurek, Nachman ^a   Jacob, Chaim O ^c   Wei, Nathan ^b   Fong, Miranda ^a   Strassmann, Gideon ^a  

^a OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

IL 6; Macrophage; Monocyte; TNF ; Vesnarinone

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PIPERANOMETOZINE; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MACROPHAGES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; QUINOLINES; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030158784     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(96)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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