Fermented wheat germ extract (Avemar) inhibits adjuvant arthritis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1110, Issue , 2007, Pages 348-361

  Telekes, Andras ^a   Resetar, Akos ^b   Balint, Geza ^c   Blazso, Gabor ^d   Falkay, Gyorgy ^d   Lapis, Karoly ^e   Raso, Erzsebet ^a   Szende, Bela ^e   Ehrenfeld, Michael ^f   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^f,h   Hidvegi, Mate ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b Biromedicina First Hungarian Corporation for Cancer Research and Oncology   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g Budapest Jewish University   (Hungary)

^h SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Anti inflammatory effect; Avemar; COX 1 inhibition; COX 2 inhibition; Fermented wheat germ extract; FWGE

Indexed keywords

AVEMAR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; FERMENTED WHEAT GERM EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIUM; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35748952838     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1423.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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