The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1120-1126 , November 2010

Vitamin K suppresses the lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of inflammatory cytokines in cultured macrophage-like cells via the inhibition of the activation of nuclear factor κB through the repression of IKKα/β phosphorylation

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 11 August 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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☆ Funding: This work was partially supported by a grant-in-aid for scientific research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to HS (#1858011, #20380071).

PII: S0955-2863(09)00211-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.09.011

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1120-1126 , November 2010

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