I-κB kinases α and β have distinct roles in regulating murine T cell function

H Ren, A Schmalstieg, NSC Van Oers… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.aai.org
NF-κB is a transcription factor that regulates a variety of genes involved in the control of the
immune and inflammatory responses. Activation of NF-κB is mediated by an inducible I-κB …

Inhibition of caspase or FADD function blocks proliferation but not MAP kinase‐activation and interleukin‐2‐production during primary stimulation of T cells

A Mack, G Häcker - European journal of immunology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Caspases are instrumental in the implementation of apoptotic cell death, and caspase
activation is in most investigated cases closely linked to apoptosis. Recent data …

S9, a 19 S proteasome subunit interacting with ubiquitinated NF-κB2/p100

A Fong, M Zhang, J Neely, SC Sun - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2002 - ASBMB
Proteasome-mediated processing of thenfκb2 gene product p100 is a regulated event that
generates the NF-κB subunit p52. This event can be induced through p100 phosphorylation …

I-κB kinase β is critical for B cell proliferation and antibody response

H Ren, A Schmalstieg, D Yuan… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.aai.org
The NF-κB proteins are critical in the regulation of the immune and inflammatory response.
Stimulation of the NF-κB pathway leads to increases in I-κB kinase β (IKKβ) kinase activity to …

Induction and repression of NF-κB-driven inflammatory genes

W Vanden Berghe, K De Bosscher… - Recent Advances in …, 2002 - Springer
Aberrant gene expression is a primary cause of many disease-associated
pathophysiologies. Therefore, the pharmacological modulation of transcription factor activity …

Endothelial IKK β Signaling is required for monocyte adhesion under laminar flow conditions

SE Meiler, RR Hung, RE Gerszten, J Gianetti… - Journal of molecular and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Endothelial activation induces expression of pro-inflammatory molecules that are thought to
play an important role in atherogenesis through enhanced vascular monocyte recruitment …

Potential methods to circumvent blocks in apoptosis in lymphomas

R Ravi, A Bedi - Current opinion in oncology, 2002 - journals.lww.com
We review our current understanding of the molecular determinants and mechanisms of
lymphocyte apoptosis and identify the key regulators of these death-signaling pathways. In …

IkB kinase alpha: a link in the chain of the mammary cycle

R Clarkson - Breast Cancer Research, 2002 - Springer
The transcription factor NF-κB exhibits altered activity in some breast cancers but the
relevance of this association has not been established. Cao et al.'s elegant study recently …

NF-κB function in inflammation, cellular stress and disease

NR Chapman, S Rocha, IM Adcock… - Cell and Molecular …, 2002 - Elsevier
The cells constituting each organ system of the body are continuously challenged by an
array of endocrine, paracrine and autocrine agonists which ensure the maintenance of …

A recessive mutant cell line with a constitutive IκB kinase activity

N Chinanonwait, H Miura, N Yamamoto… - FEBS …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
To search for negative regulatory components of the NF‐κB activation pathways, we
mutagenized Rat‐1 fibroblasts and established a stable mutant cell line with a constitutive …