The flavonoid ellagic acid from a medicinal herb inhibits host immune tolerance induced by the hepatitis B virus-e antigen

Antiviral Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-106

  Kang, Eun Hwa ^a,c   Kown, Tae Young ^a   Oh, Goo Taeg ^b   Park, Weung Feel ^b   Park, Sung Il ^c   Park, Sung Kyu ^b   Lee, Young Ik ^a,c  

^a Liver Cell Signal Transduction Lab   (South Korea)

^b Development and Differentiation Lab   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti HBV infection; Ellagic acid; Hepatitis B virus e antigen; Immune tolerance

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ELLAGIC ACID; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33748448459     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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