Arsenite evokes IL-6 secretion, autocrine regulation of STAT3 signaling, and miR-21 expression, processes involved in the EMT and malignant transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-34

  Luo, Fei ^a,b   Xu, Yuan ^a,b   Ling, Min ^c   Zhao, Yue ^a,b   Xu, Wenchao ^a,b   Liang, Xiao ^d   Jiang, Rongrong ^a,b   Wang, Bairu ^a,b   Bian, Qian ^c   Liu, Qizhan ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenite; Carcinogenesis; Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT); Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 ANTIBODY; MICRORNA 21; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ARSENITE; CARCINOGENESIS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION (EMT); INFLAMMATION;

ARSENITES; BRONCHI; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICRORNAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84884730112     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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