Gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulates immune system function via the nuclear factor-κB pathway in murine Raw264.7 macrophages

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Min, Joo Young ^a   Park, Moon Ho ^a,b   Lee, Jae Kwan ^a   Kim, Hai Joong ^a   Park, Yong Kyun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Immune; Macrophage; Nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALCIUM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GONADORELIN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; STAT PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL LINE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; JANUS KINASE 1; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 60749098017     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000204231     Document Type: Article

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