An aqueous Chlorella extract inhibits IL-5 production by mast cells in vitro and reduces ovalbumin-induced eosinophil infiltration in the airway in mice in vivo

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 689-698

  Kralovec, J A ^a   Power, M R ^b   Liu, F ^b   Maydanski, E ^b   Ewart, H S ^a   Watson, L V ^a   Barrow, C J ^a   Lin, T J ^b  

^a Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Chlorella pyrenoidosa; Immunomodulation; Inflammation; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; SEPHADEX; TRINITROPHENYL;

AIRWAY; ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA;

EID: 13844269243     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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