Regulation of gene expression by α-tocopherol

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 585-591

  Azzi, Angelo ^a   Gysin, René ^a   Kempná, Petra ^a   Munteanu, Adelina ^a   Villacorta, Luis ^a   Visarius, T ^a   Zingg, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

tocopherol (tocopherols, tocotrienols); Cell regulation; Gene expression; Inhibition of cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN; CD36 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN E; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FAS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN IIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN P27; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TROPOMYOSIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UPREGULATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 4344653391     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2004.072     Document Type: Review

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