The Human Cationic Peptide LL-37 Induces Activation of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and p38 Kinase Pathways in Primary Human Monocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3758-3765

  Bowdish, Dawn M E ^a   Davidson, Donald J ^b   Speert, David P ^b   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 1; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 1542724426     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.6.3758     Document Type: Article

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