Cytokine synthesis of human monocytes stimulated by triple or single helical conformer of an antitumour (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan preparation, sonifilan

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-413

  Hirata, Naoto ^a   Tsuzuki, Aiko ^a   Ohno, Naohito ^a   Saita, Mayumi ^a   Adachi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yadomae, Toshiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICAL CONFORMER; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 0032215471     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80015-7     Document Type: Article

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