High molecular weight dextran sulfate increases the activity of NF-κB- regulated promoter in monocyte-derived macrophages

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-189

  Jagodzinski, Pawel P ^a,b   Trzeciak, Wiesław H ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran sulfate; Macrophages; NF B

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MACROPHAGE; MITOGENESIS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033054433     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02392.x     Document Type: Article

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