Inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation by prenylated flavones: Artelastin as a potent inhibitor

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2321-2334

  Cerqueira, F ^a   Cordeiro Da Silva, A ^a,b   Araujo N ^b   Cidade, H ^a   Kijjoa, A ^a   Nascimento, M S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Artelastin; Cytokines; Prenylated flavones; T and B Lymphocyte proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; ARTELASTICIN; ARTELASTIN; ARTELASTOCARPIN; ARTELASTOCHROMENE; ARTELASTOFURAN; ARTOCARPESIN; ARTOCARPUS ELASTICUS EXTRACT; CARPELASTOFURAN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOCOMMUNIN; FLAVONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS ELASTICUS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ARTOCARPUS; ARTOCARPUS ELASTICUS;

EID: 0042572426     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00627-1     Document Type: Article

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