Sesquiterpene lactones are potent inhibitors of interleukin 8 gene expression in cultured human respiratory epithelium

Cytokine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-245

  Mazor, Robert L ^a   Menendez, Ingrid Y ^a   Ryan, Marnie A ^a   Fiedler, Michael A ^a   Wong, Hector R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Inflammation; Lung; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; ISOHELENIN; MESSENGER RNA; PARTHENOLIDE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033949765     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0526     Document Type: Article

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