Differential effects of simvastatin on IL-13-induced cytokine gene expression in primary mouse tracheal epithelial cells

Respiratory Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zeki, Amir A ^a,b   Thai, Phil ^a   Kenyon, Nicholas J ^a   Wu, Reen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Genomics and Biomedical Sciences Facility (GBSF)   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Asthma; Chemokines; Cytokines; Gene expression; HMG CoA reductase; Mevalonate pathway; Mouse tracheal epithelium; Statin

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 4; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 5; OSTEOPONTIN; RANTES; SIMVASTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACHEA; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-13; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SIMVASTATIN; TRACHEA;

EID: 84860788123     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-13-38     Document Type: Article

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