Herbal melanin activates TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Öberg, Fredrik ^a   Haseeb, Adil ^b   Ahnfelt, Matilda ^a   Pontén, Fredrik ^a   Westermark, Bengt ^a   El Obeid, Adila ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Caspase 8; Herbal melanin; I B ; NF B; TLR4

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; I KAPPA B KINASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MELANIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG INHIBITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 8; CELL LINE; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B KINASE; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MELANINS; MONOCYTES; NF-KAPPA B; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFECTION;

NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 64449086799     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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