Protective effects of St. John's wort extract and its component hyperforin against cytokine-induced cytotoxicity in a pancreatic β-cell line

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1509-1521

  Menegazzi, Marta ^a   Novelli, Michela ^b   Beffy, Pascale ^c   D'Aleo, Valentina ^b   Tedeschi, Elisa ^a   Lupi, Roberto ^b   Zoratti, Elisa ^a   Marchetti, Piero ^b   Suzuki, Hisanori ^a   Masiello, Pellegrino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Pancreatic cells; Phytochemicals; Signal transduction; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PERYLENE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TERPENES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; RATTUS;

EID: 43049168473     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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