Effect of sesquiterpene lactones on the expression of the activation marker CD69 and of IL-2 in T-lymphocytes in whole blood

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1551-1563

  Humar, Matjaz ^a   García Piñeres, Alfonso J ^b   Castro, Víctor ^c   Merfort, Irmgard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

CD69; Flow cytometry; IL 2; NF B; NFAT; Sesquiterpene lactones

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0038065409     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(03)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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