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Proteomics

New findings from Peking University, Department of Physiology in the area of proteomics published

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, December 7th, 2006

New research, "Calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibits interleukin-1beta-induced interleukin-8 secretion in human type II alveolar epithelial cells," is the subject of a report. "Our previous data have shown that type II alveolar epithelial (AEII) cells express neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and that pro-inflammatory factor interleukin1-beta (IL-1beta) induces CGRP secretion in the A549 human AEII cell line. In the present study, we investigated the effect of endogenous and exogenous CGRP on IL-1beta-induced chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion," scientists in Beijing, People's Republic of China report.

"We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent...

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