Dexamethasone Inhibits IL-12p40 Production in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Human Monocytic Cells by Down-Regulating the Activity of c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase, the Activation Protein-1, and NF-κB Transcription Factors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 318-330

  Ma, Wei ^b   Gee, Katrina ^a   Lim, Wilfred ^a   Chambers, Kelly ^a   Angel, Jonathan B ^a   Kozlowski, Maya ^c   Kumar, Ashok ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN P40; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0346734188     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.318     Document Type: Article

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