Curcumin activates the haem oxygenase-1 gene via regulation of Nrf2 and the antioxidant-responsive element

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 371, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 887-895

  Balogun, Elisabeth ^a   Hoque, Martha ^a   Gong, Pengfei ^b   Killeen, Erin ^b   Green, Colin J ^a   Foresti, Roberta ^a   Alam, Jawed ^b   Motterlini, Roberto ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester; Cytoprotection; Haem oxygenase 1 regulation; Plant derived constituents

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DETOXIFICATION; ESTERS; PHENOLS; PROTEINS;

CYTOPROTECTIVE PROTEINS;

GENES;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; CURCUMIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KEAP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CURCUMIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); LLC-PK1 CELLS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037569694     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021619     Document Type: Article

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