Green tea increases anti-inflammatory tristetraprolin and decreases pro-inflammatory tumor necrosis factor mRNA levels in rats

• Main Authors: Roussel Anne M (Author), Coves Sara (Author), Urban Joseph F (Author), Dawson Harry D (Author), Kari Frank (Author), Kelly Meghan A (Author), Cao Heping (Author), Anderson Richard A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tristetraprolin (TTP/ZFP36) family proteins have anti-inflammatory activity by binding to and destabilizing pro-inflammatory mRNAs such as Tnf mRNA, and represent a potential therapeutic target for inflammation-related diseases. Tea...