β-sitosterol down-regulates some pro-inflammatory signal transduction pathways by increasing the activity of tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in J774A.1 murine macrophages

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1012-1017

  Valerio, Michael ^a   Awad, Atif B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrophages; NF B; Phytosterols; SHP 1; STAT; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 1; SITOSTEROL; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOMETRY; DOWN REGULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84860388971     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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