Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibits Hepatocyte Mitochondrial Respiration

Evaluation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Polymorphism Frequencies in Endometriosis

Background The pro-inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), is a pathogenic element for a number of disorders. Previous studies have reported that the -1031 T/C and -238 G/A polymorphisms in the promoter region of the TNF-α gene are important factors in reproductive-related disorders. One of the most common gynecological diseases of women during the reproductive years is endo...

Tunicamycin potently inhibits tumor necrosis factor-induced hepatocyte apoptosis.

The protein glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin protected male BALB/c mice from tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced liver failure. Tunicamycin also inhibited tumor necrosis factor-induced cell death in primary hepatocyte cultures with a median inhibitory concentration of 8 nM, but not in the tumor cell line WEHI 164 clone 13. Hepatocyte death in our culture system was characterized by DNA fragm...

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits expression of pulmonary surfactant protein.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) decreased the expression of pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-A and SP-B in human pulmonary adenocarcinoma cell lines. The effect of TNF alpha on SP-A content and mRNA in the pulmonary adenocarcinoma cell line, H441-4, was concentration and time dependent. TNF alpha decreased the cellular content of SP-A to less than 10% of control 48 h after addition. TNF...

Erythromycin Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor

Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha--converting enzyme and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in human myocarditis.

OBJECTIVES We determined whether tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) is expressed with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in myocarditis. BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme, which has recently been identified as belonging to the family of metalloproteinase disintegrin proteins, is responsible for the conversion of TNF-alpha precursor to its mature f...