The effect of garlic consumption on TH1/TH2 cytokines in phytohemagglutinin (PHA) activated rat spleen lymphocytes

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-581

  Zamani, Alireza ^a   Vahidinia, Aliasghar ^a   Ghannad, Masoud Sabouri ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Garlic; Interferon synthesis; Interleukins; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SUPERNATANT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; GARLIC; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 64549152081     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2700     Document Type: Article

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