Vatairea macrocarpa (Leguminosae) lectin activates cultured macrophages to release chemotactic mediators

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 374, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-282

  Alencar, Nylane M N ^a   Assreuy, Ana M S ^b   Havt, Alexandre ^a   Benevides, Raquel G ^a   De Moura, Tales R ^a   De Sousa, Romoaldo B ^a   Ribeiro, Ronaldo A ^a   Cunha, Fernando Q ^c   Cavada, Benildo S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Leguminous lectin; Neutrophil chemotactic effect; Vatairea macrocarpa

Indexed keywords

3 [3 TERT BUTYLTHIO 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 2 INDOLYL] 2,2 DIMETHYLPROPIONIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOXYGENASE; PLANT LECTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VATAIREA MACROCARPA LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FABACEAE; FEMALE; INDOLES; INDOMETHACIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHILS; PLANT LECTINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33846145160     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-006-0124-8     Document Type: Article

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