p38 MAPK is a critical regulator of the constitutive and the β4 integrin-regulated expression of IL-6 in human normal thymic epithelial cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3038-3048

  Mainiero, Fabrizio ^a   Colombara, Michaela ^c   Antonini, Valeria ^c   Strippoli, Raffaele ^a   Merola, Marcello ^c   Poffe, Ornella ^c   Tridente, Giuseppe ^b,c   Ramarli, Dunia ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b GB Rossi Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

IL 6; Integrin; MAPK; Thymus; Transactivators

Indexed keywords

BETA4 INTEGRIN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LAMININ RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P21; RAC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; INTEGRIN BETA4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LAMININ; MAP KINASE KINASE 3; MAP KINASE KINASE 6; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0242391992     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200323931     Document Type: Article

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