Homocysteine stimulates nuclear factor κB activity and interleukin-6 expression in rat vascular smooth muscle cells

Cell Biology International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 592-597

  Zhang, Li ^a   Jin, Min ^b   Hu, Xiao sheng ^a   Zhu, Jian hua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Homocysteine; Interleukin 6; Nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; INFLAMMATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NF-KAPPA B; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; THIOCARBAMATES;

EID: 33746321067     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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