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U937 Cells

 
 
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Disease relevance of U937 Cells

  • HIV-1 preparations from H9 and U937 cells, which express low levels of CD55 and CD59, had intermediate to high sensitivity while other cell line-derived viruses and primary isolates of HIV-1 were resistant to complement-mediated virolysis [1].
  • The effects of HIV infection on U937 cells strikingly resemble the effects of differentiation-inducing agents, such as PMA and DMSO, on the U937 phenotype [2].
  • In this study, we report that tat-defective HIV-1 and HIV-2 viral DNA transfected into U937 cells can direct efficient viral replication in the presence of transcriptional stimulators such as TNF-alpha and PMA [3].
  • These included inhibition of ICAM-1-dependent homotypic aggregation of Raji Burkitt lymphoma and phorbol-ester treated U937 cells at concentrations as low as 80 micrograms/ml (24 microM) [4].
  • Analysis of beta2 integrin mRNA and protein in U937 cells revealed a 5- to 6-fold increase with hypoxia [5].
 

High impact information on U937 Cells

  • Anti-CD15 antibodies inhibited the binding of U937 cells to PADGEM-expressing COS cells and to purified PADGEM incorporated into phospholipid vesicles [6].
  • Conditional expression of RUNX1-CBF2T1 in U937 cells downregulated CEBPA mRNA, protein and DNA binding activity [7].
  • NF-kappa B-binding activity appears during the transition from promonocyte to monocyte in U937 cells induced to differentiate in vitro and is present constitutively in mature monocytes and macrophages [8].
  • A subline of U937 cells (U937D) was obtained in which creatine kinase B (CK-B) messenger RNA was present and bound to ribosomes, but CK activity was undetectable [9].
  • The cDNA sequence of VPF from human U937 cells was shown to code for a 189-amino acid polypeptide that is similar in structure to the B chain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-B) and other PDGF-B-related proteins [10].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of U937 Cells

 

Biological context of U937 Cells

 

Anatomical context of U937 Cells

 

Associations of U937 Cells with chemical compounds

  • This cDNA was used to clone cDNAs for human homologues of MIP-2 from a library prepared from phorbol myristate acetate-treated and LPS-stimulated U937 cells [26].
  • Experiments were performed using [14C-methyl]choline-labeled U937 cells and monocytes to determine whether IL-4R activated phospholipase C (PLC), PLD, or PLA2 to use membrane phosphatidylcholine (PC) to form DAG [27].
  • By immunoblot analysis, U937 cell glucan-binding proteins from detergent lysates contained two cell proteins antigenic for the anti-Id that were indistinguishable from affinity-purified molecules in size and subunit composition [28].
  • To characterize their structure, binding studies were carried out with human U937 cells and a rabbit IgG anti-Id that recognizes epitopes on monocyte beta-glucan receptors [28].
  • In summary, IL-4R signaling in monocytes and U937 cells involves PLC and not PLD, PLA2, or SMase, and it uses PC and not PIP2 to form DAG [27].
 

Gene context of U937 Cells

  • Ca2(+)-sensitive binding of thrombospondin to U937 cells is due to the formation of calcium precipitate in the binding medium [29].
  • Overexpression of PKC-zeta in G2 and U937 cells led to increased directional motility to SDF-1 [30].
  • In U937 cells large amounts of IL-1 beta are made but none is secreted [31].
  • Here, we report a novel cytoplasmic localization of p21(Cip1/WAF1) in peripheral blood monocytes (PBMs) and in U937 cells undergoing monocytic differentiation by in vitro treatment with vitamin D3 or ectopic expression of p21(Cip1/WAF1), and analyze the biological consequences of this cytoplasmic expression [32].
  • In conclusion, in U937 cells the binding to the receptor does not shield uPA from the action of PAI-1 [33].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of U937 Cells

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