Cholesterol crystals induce inflammatory cytokines expression in a human retinal pigment epithelium cell line by activating the NF-kappaB pathway

Discovery Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 97, 2014, Pages 7-14

  Hu, Yijun ^a,b   Lin, Haijiang ^b   Dib, Bernard ^b   Atik, Alp ^b   Bouzika, Peggy ^b   Lin, Christopher ^b   Yan, Yueran ^b   Tang, Shibo ^c   Miller, Joan W ^b   Vavvas, Demetrios G ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Aier Eye Hospital Group   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4 METHYLPHENYLSULFONYL) 2 PROPENENITRILE; BETA ACTIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL; CRYOPYRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3-(4-METHYLPHENYLSULFONYL)-2-PROPENENITRILE; AUTACOID; CYTOKINE; NITRILE; SULFONE;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; NF-KAPPA B; NITRILES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SULFONES;

EID: 84925883426     PISSN: 15396509     EISSN: 19447930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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