Production of activin A and its roles in inflammation and hematopoiesis

Cytokines, Cellular and Molecular Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-177

  Yu, John ^a   Dolter, Karen E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin A; Hematopoiesis; Inflammation; Inflammatory arthropathies; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CYTOKINE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTHROPATHY; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHIBINS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MONOCYTES; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0030800722     PISSN: 13684736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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