Estrogen regulates transcription factors STAT-1 and NF-κB to promote inducible nitric oxide synthase and inflammatory responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 6998-7005

  Dai, Rujuan ^a   Phillips, Rebecca A ^a   Karpuzoglu, Ebru ^b   Khan, Deena ^a   Ahmed, S Ansar ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYL FLUORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; SERINE PROTEINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAMMA INTERFERON; STAT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 73349094392     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901737     Document Type: Article

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