Cytokines stimulate GTP cyclohydrolase I gene expression in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Katusic, Zvonimir S ^a   Stelter, Adele ^a   Milstien, Sheldon ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Interleukin 1 ; Nitric oxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOKINE; DACTINOMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0031984389     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.1.27     Document Type: Article

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