N-acetyl-L-cysteine inhibits primary human T cell responses at the dendritic cell level: Association with NF-κB inhibition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2569-2574

  Verhasselt, Valérie ^a   Vanden Berghe, Wim ^c   Vanderheyde, Nathalie ^a   Willems, Fabienne ^a   Haegeman, Guy ^c   Goldman, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CD40 LIGAND; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; GLUTATHIONE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033106338     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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