Dexamethasone suppresses iNOS gene expression by upregulating I-κBα and inhibiting NF-κB

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 36-6, 1997, Pages

  De Vera, Michael E ^a   Taylor, Bradley S ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Shapiro, Richard A ^a   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Geller, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 497 Scaife Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Glucocorticoids; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Interferon ; Interleukin 1 ; Nuclear factor B; Tumor necrosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0031416497     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.6.g1290     Document Type: Article

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