Immunological properties of donkey's milk: Its potential use in the prevention of atherosclerosis

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 13, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 3711-3717

  Tafaro, A ^a   Magrone, T ^a   Jirillo, F ^a   Martemucci, G ^a   D'Alessandro, A G ^a   Amati, L ^b   Jirillo, Emilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b National Institute for Digestive Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Colostrum; Cytokines; Donkey; Immunoglobulin; Milk; Nitric oxide; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DONKEY MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLOSTRUM; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKINS; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MILK; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 37449030025     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161207783018590     Document Type: Review

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