Immunomodulating activity of seaweed extract on human lymphocytes in vitro

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-70

  Shan, B E ^a   Yoshida, Y ^a   Kuroda, E ^a   Yamashita, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

B cell; Monocyte; Seaweed; T cell; Tumor immunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEAWEED; SHEEP; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032982069     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(98)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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