Glucocorticoid inhibition of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13) induced up-regulation of arginase in rat airway fibroblasts

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 368, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 546-550

  Lindemann, Dirk ^a   Racké, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway fibroblast; Allergic airway diseases; Arginase; Glucocorticoid; Interleukin 13; Interleukin 4

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; COLLAGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; ISOENZYMES; MALE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERUM; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0347991779     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-003-0839-8     Document Type: Article

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