Mycophenolic acid inhibits SLE-associated cytokine expression and promotes apoptosis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1051-1057

  Su, Ding Lei ^a   Wang, Hui Juan ^a   Ji, Xiao Hui ^a   Li, Yuan Yuan ^a   Xuan, Heng Bao ^a   Heng, Chun ^a   Li, Yu Feng ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokine; Mycophenolic acid; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Therapeutic mechanism

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SUPERNATANT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

EID: 33746442024     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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