In vitro activation of macrophages by a novel proteoglycan isolated from corms of Crocus sativus L

Cancer Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Escribano, Julio ^a   Díaz Guerra, M José M ^b   Riese, Hans H ^c   Ontañón, Jesús ^d   García Olmo, Damián ^d   García Olmo, Dolores C ^d   Rubio, Angela ^a   Fernández, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Depto Inmunologia Y Oncol C   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus; Immuno stimulating capacity; Macrophage activation; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; LILIACEAE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEOGLYCANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032805841     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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