Cathelicidin stimulates colonic mucus synthesis by up-regulating MUC1 and MUC2 expression through a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 251-258

  Tai, Emily K K ^a   Wong, Helen P S ^a   Lam, Emily K Y ^b   Wu, William K K ^b   Yu, L ^b   Koo, Marcel W L ^a   Cho, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cathelicidin; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Mucin; Mucus

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; GLUCOSAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEIN; MUC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUCIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HT29; COLON MUCOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUCUS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; CELL LINE; COLON; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUCUS; SECRETION;

ANIMALIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CELL LINE; COLON; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUCINS; MUCUS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 46449087690     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21615     Document Type: Article

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