Gamma-interferon (IFN-γ) augments apoptotic response to mistletoe lectin-II via upregulation of Fas/Fas L expression and caspase activation in human myeloid U937 cells

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-66

  Kim, Myung Sunny ^a   Lee, Jienny ^a   So, Hong Seob ^a   Lee, Kang Min ^b   Jung, Byung Hak ^a   Chung, Sang Young ^c   Moon, Sun Rock ^a   Kim, Nam Song ^a   Ko, Chang Bo ^a   Kim, Hye Jung ^a   Kim, Yong Kyu ^d   Park, Raekil ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d W   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas FasL; Interferon gamma; Korean mistletoe lectin II

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISCUM ALBUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; U937 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0035066114     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IPH-100102567     Document Type: Article

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