Flavonoids influence monocytic GTPase activity and are protective in experimental allergic encephalitis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1667-1672

  Hendriks, Jerome J A ^a   Alblas, Jacqueline ^a   Van Der Pol, Susanne M A ^a   Van Tol, Eric A F ^b   Dijkstra, Christine D ^a   De Vries, Helga E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Luteolin; Macrophage; Multiple sclerosis; RhoA

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LUTEOLIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MOVEMENT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GUINEA PIGS; LUTEOLIN; MONOCYTES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 11844264954     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040819     Document Type: Article

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