β-Carotene modulates the immunological function of RAW264, a murine macrophage cell line, by enhancing the level of intracellular glutathione

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2112-2120

  Imamura, Tomomi ^a   Bando, Noriko ^a   Yamanishi, Rintaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotene; Il 1 ; Il 12 p40; Intracellular glutathione; RAW264

Indexed keywords

Β-CAROTENE; INTRACELLULAR GLUTATHIONE; RAW264;

CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

IMMUNOLOGY;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

MURINAE;

EID: 33749029648     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60056     Document Type: Article

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