Echinacea alkylamides inhibit interleukin-2 production by Jurkat T cells

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1214-1221

  Sasagawa, Masa ^a   Cech, Nadja B ^b   Gray, Dean E ^c   Elmer, Gary W ^d   Wenner, Cynthia A ^a  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylamides; Echinacea; Interleukin 2 (IL 2); Jurkat T cells

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIDE; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFTARIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CICHORIC ACID; DODECA TETRAENOIC ACID ISOBUTYLAMIDE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHORBOL ESTER; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECA DIENE DIYNOIC ACID ISOBUTYLAMIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TITRIMETRY;

AMIDES; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CELL SURVIVAL; ECHINACEA; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; JURKAT CELLS; MITOGENS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 33646571138     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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