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Macrophage arginase regulation by CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.) - 1 Feb 2005
Albina Jorge E, Mahoney Eric J, Daley Jean M, Wesche Doreen E, Morris Sidney M, Reichner Jonathan S
Abstract excerpt
Arginase activity is expressed by macrophages in healing wounds and other sites of inflammation and has been shown to modulate the synthesis of nitric oxide, polyamines, and collagen. The role of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) in the regulation of macrophage arginase by different agonists was investigated using C/EBPbeta-/- and +/+ macrophage cell lines. 8-Bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate...
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