Differential effect of dexamethasone on interleukin 1β- and cyclic AMP-triggered expression of GTP cyclohydrolase I in rat renal mesangial cells

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 534-538

  Plüss, Christoph ^a   Werner, Ernst R ^b   Wachter, Helmut ^b   Pfeilschifter, Josef ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Dexamethasone; GTP cyclohydrolase I; Interleukin 1; Mesangial cells; Nitric oxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUCLADESINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; INTERLEUKIN-1; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030959693     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701395     Document Type: Article

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