The Rel subunit of NF-κB-like transcription factors is a positive and negative regulator of macrophage gene expression: Distinct roles for Rel in different macrophage populations

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7099-7107

  Grigoriadis, George ^a   Zhan, Yifan ^b   Grumont, Raelene J ^a   Metcalf, Donald ^a   Handman, Emanuela ^a   Cheers, Christina ^b   Gerondakis, Steve ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

c rel; Cytokines; Immune defects; Macrophages; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030481581     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01101.x     Document Type: Article

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