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Article Title: IL-27 inhibits human osteoclastogenesis by abrogating RANKL-mediated induction of NFATc1 and suppressing proximal RANK signaling
doi: 10.1002/art.27200
Figure Lengend Snippet: Freshly isolated human CD14+ cells were cultured with MCSF (20ng/ml) in the presence or absence of IL-27 (100ng/ml) for 48h. Control and IL27-treated cells were stimulated with RANKL (40ng/ml) for 5, 10 and 15 minutes (A and B) or for 0.5, 1 and 3h (C). Immunoblotting was used to measure threonine 202/tyrosine 204 phosphorylation of Erk1/Erk2 and threonine 180/tyrosine 182 phoshorylation of p38 (A), serine 32 phosphorylation of IκBα and total IκBα (B), total TRAF6 (B), and nuclear c-Jun and TBP proteins (C). Representative results of at least five independent experiments are shown. D, RANK mRNA was measured in control and IL-27-treated cells using real-time PCR and normalized relative to GAPDH expression. The means ±SD of triplicate determinants in a representative experiment of three independent experiments are shown; small SDs are not readily apparent because of large inductions.
Article Snippet: Recombinant hIL-27 (3-100ng/ml) (R&D Systems) was added either from the beginning of the culture and before RANKL (IL-27 pretreatment), simultaneously with RANKL on culture day 3, or after RANKL (on culture day 5).
Techniques: Isolation, Cell Culture, Control, Western Blot, Phospho-proteomics, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing