Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of GITR-GITRL interaction reduces chronic lung injury induced by bleomycin instillation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-129

  Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^a   Ronchetti, Simona ^b   Genovese, Tiziana ^a,b   Mazzon, Emanuela ^a,b   Agostini, Massimiliano ^c   Di Paola, Rosanna ^a   Esposito, Emanuela ^d   Muía, Carmelo ^a   Nocentini, Giuseppe ^c   Riccardi, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Inflammation; Mice; TNFR superfamily

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1; LUNG; MALE; MICE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

EID: 33846022338     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6611com     Document Type: Article

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