Expression and secretion of procalcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide by adherent monocytes and by macrophage-activated adipocytes

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1715-1721

  Linscheid, Philippe ^a   Seboek, Dalma ^a   Schaer, Dominik J ^b   Zulewski, Henryk ^a   Keller, Ulrich ^a   Müller, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Macrophages; Peripheral blood mononuclear cell; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROCALCITONIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

ADIPOCYTES; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPSIS;

EID: 3943108189     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000134404.63292.71     Document Type: Article

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