Induction of multiple pro-inflammatory cytokines by respiratory viruses and reversal by standardized Echinacea, a potent antiviral herbal extract

Antiviral Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Sharma, Manju ^a   Anderson, Shawn A ^b   Schoop, Roland ^c   Hudson, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c A Vogel Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Echinacea; Influenza virus; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Respiratory syncytial virus; Rhinovirus

Indexed keywords

CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINAFORCE; GELATINASE B; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 11; ADENOVIRUS 3; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG POTENCY; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; EPITHELIUM CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; VIROGENESIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; ECHINACEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 67349181751     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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