Release of cytokines by a fermented lectin-1 (ML-1) free mistletoe extract reflects differences in the reactivity of PBMC in healthy and allergic individuals and tumour patients

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Stein, G M ^b   Meink, H ^a   Durst, J ^a   Berg, P A ^b  

^a Stadtisches Krankhs Lubeck ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer patients; cytokines; mistletoe extract; peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; VISCUM ALBUM;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISTLETOE; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0030472252     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050192     Document Type: Article

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