TSG-6: A multifunctional protein associated with inflammation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1863-1873

  Milner, Caroline M ^a   Day, Anthony J ^a  

^a MRC Immunochemistry Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Hyaluronan; Inflammation; Inter inhibitor; Ovulation; TSG 6

Indexed keywords

ANTIPLASMIN; BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEIN TGS 6; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHONDROPROTECTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OVULATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0037769541     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00407     Document Type: Article

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