mezerein/necrosis

To investigate the mechanism underlying resistance to tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha)-induced cytotoxicity, we have developed a human hybrid cell line, designated A10, derived from the fusion of human U-937 monocytoid cells and human monocytes, which expressed large numbers of TNF alpha

The RGS (regulator of G-protein signalling) proteins are GTPase-activating proteins for activated Galpha subunits. We investigated the effects of protein kinase C (PKC) on RGS proteins in various T cell lines by treating them with PMA. mRNA levels of both RGS16 and tumour necrosis factor alpha

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) can promote endothelial cell transcription, synthesis, and secretion of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) augmenting extracellular matrix remodeling and influencing cellular differentiation. In this report, the role of the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway in mediating

The effect of phorbol esters and mezerein pretreatment on macrophage (M phi) activation for tumor cytolysis, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) secretion, and TNF-alpha mRNA expression was investigated. Following pretreatment with various concentrations (0.01 to 10 micrograms/ml) of phorbol 12-myristate

A suitable procedure for the production of human monokines was defined as 'differentiation-induction' culture. Human monocytic leukemia THP-1 cells were well-differentiated from nonfunctional promonocytes into macrophage-like cells by the induction with a combination of mezerein, retinoic acid, and

Cells of the monocytic leukemia line, THP-1, mimic several of the functional characteristics of activated monocytes and macrophages following incubation in the tumor promoting agent, mezerein. The current paper explores the nature of the factors in medium conditioned by THP-1 cells which inhibit

Purified B-cells from normal tonsils and from the peripheral blood of eight patients with B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) were treated in vitro with the protein kinase C (PKC) activators TPA, Bryostatin 1 (Bryo), mezerein, with the calcium ionophore A23187, and with the cytokines

The synthesis of an 88-kDa gelatinolytic enzyme, identified as a zymogen of matrix metalloproteinase (proMMP)-9, was induced in the primary culture of rabbit articular chondrocytes by cotreatment with recombinant interleukin 1 beta (rIL-1 beta) and the protein kinase C (PKC) agonists, phorbol

A suitable procedure for the production of human monokines was defined as 'differentiation-induction' culture. Human monocytic leukemia THP-1 cells were well-differentiated from nonfunctional promonocytes into macrophage-like cells by the induction with a combination of mezerein, retinoic acid, and

Mo3e is a protease-sensitive membrane antigen (p75,50) selectively expressed by human monocytic cells (monocytes and U-937 cells) stimulated in vitro by exposure to a variety of activating factors, including phorbol diester compounds, bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and muramyl dipeptide

Human melanoma cells can be reprogrammed to terminally differentiate and irreversibly lose proliferative capacity by appropriate pharmacological manipulation. Subtraction hybridization identified melanoma differentiation-associated gene-5 (mda-5) as a gene induced during differentiation, cancer