Activation of the RON receptor tyrosine kinase inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression by murine peritoneal exudate macrophages: Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase is required for RON-mediated inhibition of iNOS expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4950-4959

  Chen, Yi Qing ^a   Fisher, James H ^a   Wang, Ming Hai ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032211131     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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