Molecular events in the activation of B cells and macrophages by a non-microbial TLR4 agonist, G1-4A from Tinospora cordifolia

Immunology Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-71

  Raghu, Rashmi ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^a   Ramakrishnan, Rupal ^b   Khanam, Shazia ^c   Chintalwar, Gajanan J ^a   Sainis, Krishna Balaji ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

B cell proliferation; NF B; Phagocytosis; Splenomegaly; TLR4

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLUMBAGIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE G1 4A; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAPAMYCIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN CELL; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MICE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; NF-KAPPA B; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIROLIMUS; SPLENOMEGALY; TINOSPORA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 64149117029     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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