NF-κB drives the synthesis of melatonin in RAW 264.7 macrophages by inducing the transcription of the arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) gene.

We demonstrate that during inflammatory responses the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) induces the synthesis of melatonin by macrophages and that macrophage-synthesized melatonin modulates the function of these professional phagocytes in an autocrine manner. Expression of a DsRed2 fluorescent reporter...

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Autores principales: Sandra Marcia Muxel, Marco Antonio Pires-Lapa, Alex Willian Arantes Monteiro, Erika Cecon, Eduardo Koji Tamura, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Regina P Markus
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/fb064403e9724f11b618fa5a100ca2e1
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