Triptolide promotes generation of FoxP3+ T regulatory cells in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Zhang, Gutian ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Guo, Hongqian ^a   Sun, Zeyu ^a   Zhou, Yi Hua ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD4+ cells; FoxP3 expression; Kidney transplantation; T regulatory cells; Triptolide

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIPTOLIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CELL STIMULATION; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TRIPTERYGIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DITERPENES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PHENANTHRENES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 67651083724     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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