Immunomodulating and antiviral activities of Uncaria tomentosa on human monocytes infected with Dengue Virus-2

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-476

  Reis, Sonia Regina I N ^a   Valente, Ligia M M ^b   Sampaio, André L ^a   Siani, Antonio C ^a   Gandini, Mariana ^a   Azeredo, Elzinandes L ^a   D'Avila, Luiz A ^b   Mazzei, José L ^b   Henriques, Maria das Graças M ^a   Kubelka, Claire F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Antiviral; Cytokines; Dengue; Immunomodulator; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; OXINDOLE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SUPERNATANT; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALKALOIDS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CAT'S CLAW; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MONOCYTES;

EID: 39149087954     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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