Sodium pentosan polysulfate reduces urothelial responses to inflammatory stimuli via an indirect mechanism

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 289-292

  Sadhukhan, Provash C ^a,b   Tchetgen, Marie Blanche ^a,b   Rackley, Raymond R ^a,b   Vasavada, Sandip P ^a,b   Liou, Louis ^a,b   Bandyopadhyay, Sudip K ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystitis, interstitial; NF kappa B; Urine; Urothelium

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KERATINOCYTE; MEASUREMENT; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; UROTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036279318     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64909-9     Document Type: Article

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