Therapeutic potential of carbon monoxide (CO) for intestinal inflammation

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-76

  Naito, Y ^a   Uchiyama, K ^a   Takagi, T ^a   Yoshikawa, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cytokine; Inflammatory bowel disease; Macrophage; Restitution

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CD11B ANTIGEN; DEXTRAN SULFATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84857547718     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712803413935     Document Type: Article

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