NF-κB Drives the Synthesis of Melatonin in RAW 264.7 Macrophages by Inducing the Transcription of the Arylalkylamine-N-Acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) Gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Muxel, Sandra Marcia ^a   Pires Lapa, Marco Antonio ^a   Monteiro, Alex Willian Arantes ^a   Cecon, Erika ^a   Tamura, Eduardo Koji ^a   Floeter Winter, Lucile Maria ^a   Markus, Regina P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARYLALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GENE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MELATONIN; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 84871351771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052010     Document Type: Article

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