Protective effects of green tea catechins on alveolar macrophages against bacterial infections

BioFactors

Volumn 21, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 119-121

  Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Matsunaga, Kazuto ^b   Friedman, Herman ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Catechins; Infection; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROTECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATECHIN; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; PHYTOTHERAPY; TEA;

EID: 16444368384     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.552210123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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