Stem cell factor and its receptor c-Kit as targets for inflammatory diseases

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 533, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 327-340

  Reber, Laurent ^a   Da Silva, Carla A ^a   Frossard, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; Inflammation; Kit; Mast cell; SCF (stem cell factor)

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; APIGENIN; CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; GENISTEIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HISTAMINE; IMATINIB; INTERLEUKIN 4; JANUS KINASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; PROTEIN GRB2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECOMBINANT STEM CELL FACTOR; STAT PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CD34 SELECTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEGRANULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EOSINOPHIL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE INTERACTION; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA SPLICING; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELLS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYRIMIDINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 33644752698     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.12.067     Document Type: Review

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