Regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression in murine macrophages by nitric oxide and hypoxia

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 697-705

  Ramanathan, Madhuri ^a   Giladi, Avi ^a   Leibovich, S Joseph ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular activation; Hypoxia; Macrophages; Nitric oxide; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; VASCULOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUCIFERASE; LYMPHOKINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PERITONEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUCIFERASES; LYMPHOKINES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PERITONEUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0141625005     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020322800608     Document Type: Article

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