Role of the Nrf2-mediated signaling pathway as a negative regulator of inflammation: Implications for the impact of particulate pollutants on asthma

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 88-98

  Li, Ning ^a   Nel, Andre E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A6; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR KEAP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; CELL DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644652410     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2006.8.88     Document Type: Review

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