Publication Date:
1978-04-28
Description:
Rifampicin produces a dose-dependent decrease in protein synthesis in rat thymocytes. At concentrations up to 200 micrograms per milliliter, rifampicin does not alter rat thymic transcription. Rifampicin causes a direct inhibition of protein synthesis in rat thymic and hepatic microsomes, and in cadaveric human hepatic microsomes. Protein synthesis inhibition could explain the toxicity of rifampicin in man.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Buss, W C -- Morgan, R -- Guttmann, J -- Barela, T -- Stalter, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Apr 28;200(4340):432-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/644307" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Depression, Chemical
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Female
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Humans
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Immunosuppression
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Liver/*drug effects/metabolism
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Male
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Microsomes, Liver/drug effects/metabolism
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*Protein Biosynthesis
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Rats
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Rifampin/*pharmacology
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Thymus Gland/*drug effects/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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