Effects of Korean mistletoe lectin (Viscum album coloratum) on proliferation and cytokine expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and T-lymphocytes

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1252-1264

  Lyu, Su Yun ^a   Park, Won Bong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokine; Mistletoe; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT LECTIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 35648956226     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980266     Document Type: Article

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