Rac1 contributes to maximal activation of STAT1 and STAT3 in IFN-γ-stimulated rat astrocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5697-5703

  Park, Eun Jung ^a   Ji, Kyung Ae ^a   Jeon, Sae Bom ^a   Choi, Woo Hyuck ^a   Han, Inn Oc ^b   You, Hye Jin ^c   Kim, Jae Hong ^c   Jou, Ilo ^a   Joe, Eun Hye ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RACN17 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFLAMMATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION;

EID: 6344272990     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.9.5697     Document Type: Article

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