Interferon-α synergistically enhances induction of interleukin-6 by double stranded RNA in HeLa cells

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2768-2777

  Harcourt, Jennifer L ^a   Offermann, Margaret K ^b,c  

^a Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CREB; Double stranded RNA; IL 6 expression; Interferon; NF IL 6

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034025642     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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