Immunoregulatory effects of sinomenine on the T-bet/GATA-3 ratio and Th1/Th2 cytokine balance in the treatment of mesangial proliferative nephritis

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 894-899

  Cheng, Yue ^a   Zhang, Jingbo ^a   Hou, Weiping ^a   Wang, Daihong ^a   Li, Furong ^a   Zhang, Yaoquan ^a   Yuan, Fahuan ^a  

^a Xinqiao Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

GATA 3; IFN ; IL 10; Mesangial proliferative nephritis (MsPGN); Sinomenine; T bet

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; SINOMENINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINANS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 67349086056     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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