Immolina, a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide fraction of spirulina, enhances chemokine expression in human monocytic THP-1 cells

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Grzanna, Reinhard ^a   Polotsky, Anna ^b   Phan, Phong V ^b   Pugh, Nirmal ^c   Pasco, David ^c   Frondoza, Carmelita G ^b,d  

^a RMG Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; IMMOLINA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; POLYSACCHARIDE; THYMIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE ARRAY IMMUNOBLOT ASSAY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MONOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; SUPERNATANT;

CHEMOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MONOCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIRULINA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 33745932658     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.429     Document Type: Article

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