Regulation of the kynurenine pathway by IFN-γ in murine cloned macrophages and microglial cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 1996, Pages 171-175

  Alberati Giani, D ^a   Ricciardi Castagnoli, P ^b   Kohler C ^a   Cesura, A M ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MURINAE;

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILATE 3,4 DIOXYGENASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIOXYGENASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMINE - PHENYLPYRUVATE TRANSAMINASE; GLUTAMINE PHENYLPYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; KYNURENINE OXOGLUTARATE TRANSAMINASE; KYNURENINE-OXOGLUTARATE TRANSAMINASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CELL CLONE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; THYMUS;

3-HYDROXYANTHRANILATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLONE CELLS; DEXAMETHASONE; DIOXYGENASES; ENZYME INDUCTION; INTERFERON TYPE II; KINETICS; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYASES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROGLIA; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXYGENASES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSAMINASES; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030346492     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_28     Document Type: Article

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