Suppression of TNF-α secretion by azelastine in a rat mast (RBL-2H3) cell line: Evidence for differential regulation of TNF-α release, transcription, and degranulation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2932-2940

  Hide, Izumi ^a   Toriu, Nobuko ^a   Nuibe, Tomomi ^a   Inoue, Atsuko ^a   Hide, Michihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Shoso ^a   Nakata, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; AZELASTINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHTHALAZINE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DEGRANULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; RAT; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELL DEGRANULATION; CELL LINE; MAST CELLS; PHTHALAZINES; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031571737     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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