Regulation of nuclear factor-κB in intestinal epithelial cells in a cell model of inflammation

Fadia R. Homaidan; Iman Chakroun; Marwan E. El-sabban

doi:10.1080/09629350310001619681

Mediators of Inflammation (Jan 2003)

Regulation of nuclear factor-κB in intestinal epithelial cells in a cell model of inflammation

Fadia R. Homaidan,
Iman Chakroun,
Marwan E. El-sabban

Affiliations

Fadia R. Homaidan: Department of Physiology, American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Iman Chakroun: Department of Physiology, American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Marwan E. El-sabban: Department of Human Morphology, American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09629350310001619681
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 277 – 283

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Background: Interleukin-1 (IL-1), an inflammatory cytokine whose levels are elevated in inflamed mucosa, causes part of its effect on intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) through inducing ceramide production.

Published in Mediators of Inflammation

ISSN: 0962-9351 (Print); 1466-1861 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4792

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