IFN-γ and TNF-α Synergize to Inhibit CTGF Expression in Human Lung Endothelial Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Laug, Roderich ^a   Fehrholz, Markus ^a   Schütze, Norbert ^a   Kramer, Boris W ^b   Krump Konvalinkova, Vera ^c   Speer, Christian P ^a   Kunzmann, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; JANUS KINASE; N BENZYL 2 CYANO 3 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACRYLAMIDE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; STAT PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LUNG; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84866698740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045430     Document Type: Article

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