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Our BAC library hybridization results also support this assertion.
Several observations support the assertion that a complex interaction between IL-8 and several other growth factors, cytokines, or other proteins is responsible for these tumor-related events [ 5 9 10 11 12 13 ] . Growth regulated protein alpha (GRO-α), beta (GRO-β), and ENA-78 have been reported to be co-induced with IL-8 in A549 cells stimulated with two proinflammatory cytokines, IL-1β and TNF-α [ 14 ] . This result is consistent with the presence of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) consensus binding sites in the promoter regions of all three genes [ 4 15 ] . In addition, GRO-α and -β are also members of the ELR +CXC cytokine family that are reported to be important mediators of tumorigenesis through their angiogenic properties [ 2 16 ] . They both share one of the IL-8 receptors, CXCR2, which has been postulated to regulate the ELR +CXC chemokine-mediated angiogenesis and resulting-tumorigenesis [ 1 ] . These observations suggest that GRO-α and -β may exhibit expression profiles similar to IL-8.
Robert Drinan's assertion that vengeance was motivating GOP conservatives by saying, "If anybody thinks vengeance is involved, I'll meet them in the parking lot."
Most stunning of all, however, was the Times' assertion that the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, which purports to be a serious research institution, "issued a statement saying the President was not anti-Semitic " [italics Chatterbox's].
Despite Reno's assertion that the pyrotechnics almost certainly did not cause the Waco fire, the commentariat thinks her admission hurts the government's credibility and demonstrates that Reno is honest but clueless, bordering on incompetent (Steve Roberts and Susan Page, of CNN's Late Edition ; Mark Shields and Margaret Carlson, of CNN's Capitol Gang ; and Fox News Sunday's Brit Hume).
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