Intracellular expression of IL-4 and inhibition of IFN-γ by extracts from European mistletoe is related to induction of apoptosis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2987-2994

  Stein, G M ^a   Pfuller, U ^a   Schietzel, M ^a   Bussing, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokines; Cytotoxicity; Mistletoe extract; Mistletoe lectin; T helper 1; T helper 2; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ABNOBAVISCUM M; ABNOBAVISCUM P; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HELIXOR M; INTERLEUKIN 4; ISCADOR M; ISCADOR P; MONENSIN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; EUROPE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MISTLETOE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0033790303     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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