Hepatic acute phase induction of murine β-galactoside α2,6 sialyltransferase (ST6Gal I) is IL-6 dependent and mediated by elevation of Exon H-containing class of transcripts.

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1003-1008

  Dalziel, Martin ^a,b   Lemaire, Stephanie ^a,c   Ewing, Jonathan ^a,d   Kobayashi, Leslie ^a   Lau, Joseph T Y ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^d MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Hepatic; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Mouse; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDE ALPHA 2,6 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; TURPENTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032873743     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.10.1003     Document Type: Article

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