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Full-Text Articles in Rheumatology
Regulation Of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta 1 Gene Expression By Glucocorticoids In Normal Human T Lymphocytes., O. Ayanlarbatuman, A. P. Ferrero, Arturo Diaz, Sergio A. Jimenez
Regulation Of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta 1 Gene Expression By Glucocorticoids In Normal Human T Lymphocytes., O. Ayanlarbatuman, A. P. Ferrero, Arturo Diaz, Sergio A. Jimenez
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
Glucocorticoids (GC) modulate immune function in a number of ways, including suppression of T cell proliferation and other IL-2-mediated T cell functions. These inhibitory effects are similar to those induced by transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), a cytokine with potent T cell inhibiting activities. We examined the hypothesis that GC effects may be at least partially achieved through modulation of the expression of the TGF-beta 1 gene in activated T cells. Normal T cells were cultured with or without purified phytohemagglutinin (PHA-p) and 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) in the presence or absence of the synthetic GC, dexamethasone (100-200 …
Expression Of A Human Cartilage Procollagen Gene (Col2a1) In Mouse 3t3 Cells., Leena Ala-Kokko, James Hyland, Carol Smith, Kari I. Kivirikko, Sergio A. Jimenez, Darwin J. Prockop
Expression Of A Human Cartilage Procollagen Gene (Col2a1) In Mouse 3t3 Cells., Leena Ala-Kokko, James Hyland, Carol Smith, Kari I. Kivirikko, Sergio A. Jimenez, Darwin J. Prockop
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
Expression in a recombinant system has been difficult to obtain for any of the major fibrillar collagens that require processing by eight or more post-translational enzymes. Here, two DNA constructs were designed so that the promoter region of the gene for the pro-alpha 1(I) chain of human type I procollagen drove expression of the human type II procollagen gene in mouse NIH 3T3 cells, a culture line that normally synthesizes type I procollagen but not any cartilage-specific protein such as type II procollagen. Both constructs were expressed as both mRNA and protein. In clones expressing the construct at high levels, …