Immunomodulating effects of flavonoids on acute and chronic inflammatory responses caused by tumor necrosis factor α

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 12, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 4271-4279

  Kumazawa, Yoshio ^a   Kawaguchi, Kiichiro ^a   Takimoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inflammatory diseases; Isoflavones; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Proinflammatory cytokines; TNF receptor 1

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; APIGENIN; APIGETRIN; BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; CHRYSIN; COLLAGEN; DIOSMETIN; DIOSMIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; KAEMPFEROL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUTEOLIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MORIN; MYRICETIN; NITRIC OXIDE; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; WOGONIN;

ALLERGY; APOPTOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; LETHALITY; LIPID RAFT; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33750567782     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161206778743565     Document Type: Review

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