Cyclooxygenase-2 expression and prostaglandin E2 biosynthesis are enhanced in scleroderma fibroblasts and inhibited by UVA irradiation

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1568-1572

  Kanekura, T ^a   Higashi, Y ^a   Kanzaki, T ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Interleukin 1 ; Prostaglandin E2; Scleroderma; UVA

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; METHOXSALEN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCLERODERMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOPLASM; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0034937453     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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