Nrf2 knockout attenuates the anti-inflammatory effects of phenethyl isothiocyanate and curcumin

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2036-2043

  Boyanapalli, Sarandeep S S ^a   Paredes Gonzalez, Ximena ^a   Fuentes, Francisco ^a   Zhang, Chengyue ^a   Guo, Yue ^a   Pung, Doug ^a   Saw, Constance Lay Lay ^a   Kong, Ah Ng Tony ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NITRITE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CURCUMIN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; NITRITES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84918590311     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx500234h     Document Type: Article

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