Differential effect of betulin and betulinic acid on cytokine production in human whole blood cell cultures

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-238

  Zdzisińska, Barbara ^a   Rzeski, Wojciech ^a   Paduch, Roman ^a   Szuster Ciesielska, Agnieszka ^a   Kaczor, Józef ^a   Wejksza, Katarzyna ^a   Kandefer Szerszeń, Martyna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Betulin; Betulinic acid; IFN ; IL 10; TNF

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MITOGENIC AGENT; TRITERPENOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOOD CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES; TRITERPENES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0038784375     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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