Pentoxifylline down-regulates adhesion molecule expression and inflammatory cytokine production in cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Tsujino, A ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Nishiura, Y ^a   Shirabe, S ^a   Furuya, T ^a   Goto, H ^a   Kawakami, A ^a   Eguchi, K ^a   Nagataki, S ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

adhesion molecule; HAM; inflammatory cytokine; pentoxifylline; spontaneous proliferation

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031052194     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00198-1     Document Type: Article

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