Nitric oxide synthase and cytokines gene expression analyses in Leishmania-infected RAW 264.7 cells treated with an extract of Pelargonium sidoides (Eps® 7630)

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 570-575

  Trun, W ^a   Kiderlen, A F ^b   Kolodziej, H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Gene expression analysis; Immunomodulation; Nitric oxide synthase; Pelargonium sidoides

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA INTERFERON; COUMARIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; MESSENGER RNA; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROLYLLEUCYLGLYCINAMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PELARGONIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 33747100549     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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