lipocortin


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lipocortin

Corticosteroid-induced inhibitor of phospholipase A2. It inhibits formation of arachidonic acid and is considered a mediator of the antiinflammatory action of corticosteroids.
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annexin

A generic term for a large (160 +) family of calcium- and phospholipid-binding proteins and phospholipase A2- and blood coagulation inhibitors, which interact with acidic membrane phospholipids in cell membranes.
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Flower, "Lipocortin 1 mediates dexamethasone-induced growth arrest of the A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.
Deregulation of annexin-A1 and galectin-1 expression in precancerous gastric lesions: intestinal metaplasia and gastric ulcer
Mukherjee, "Novel anti-inflammatory peptides from the region of highest similarity between uteroglobin and lipocortin I," Nature, vol.
Uteroglobin, a possible ligand of the lipoxin receptor inhibits serum amyloid A-driven inflammation
Lipocortin and mechanism of action of the glucocorticoids.
Anti-eosinophilic effect of Lafoensia pacari in toxocariasis
The underlying mechanism concerns induction of mRNA and protein expression of lipocortin 1 (annexin 1) and the PL[A.sub.2] inhibitory protein [101-104].
The involvement of phospholipases [A.sub.2] in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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