Activation of a mouse macrophage cell line by acemannan: The major carbohydrate fraction from Aloe vera gel

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-128

  Zhang, Linna ^a   Tizard, Ian R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acemannan; macrophage; macrophage activation; RAW cells

Indexed keywords

ACEMANNAN; CARBOHYDRATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALOE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL LINE; GELS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MANNANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030297997     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(96)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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