The role of high mobility group box 1 in innate immunity

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1165-1176

  Lee, Shin Ae ^a   Kwak, Man Sup ^a   Kim, Sol ^a   Shin, Jeon Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Damp; HMGB1; Inflammation; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTOR; CD14 ANTIGEN; CHAPERONE; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CYTOKINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP N PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84904720905     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.5.1165     Document Type: Review

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