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Regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 expression by cAMP response element and mRNA stability in a human airway epithelial cell line exposed to zinc.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Sept 2008
Wu Weidong, Silbajoris Robert A, Cao Dongsun, Bromberg Philip A, Zhang Qiao, Peden David B, Samet James M
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to zinc-laden particulate matter in ambient and occupational settings has been associated with proinflammatory responses in the lung. Cyclooxygenase 2-derived eicosanoids are important modulators of airway inflammation. In this study, we characterized the transcriptional and posttranscriptional events that regulate COX-2 expression in a human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B exposed to Zn2+. Zn2+...
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