Dietary phytosterols modulate T-helper immune response but do not induce apparent anti-inflammatory effects in a mouse model of acute, aseptic inflammation

Life Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1951-1956

  Calpe Berdiel, Laura ^a   Escolà Gil, Joan Carles ^a   Benítez, Sonia ^a   Bancells, Cristina ^a   González Sastre, Francesc ^a,b   Palomer, Xavier ^a   Blanco Vaca, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Phytosterols; T lymphocytes; Th1: Th2

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHYTOSTEROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TURPENTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EUTHANASIA; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HELPER CELL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHYTOSTEROLS; TH1 CELLS; TURPENTINE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34247128755     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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