Restoration of stress-induced altered T cell function and corresponding cytokines patterns by Withanolide A

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1137-1144

  Kour, Kiranjeet ^a   Pandey, Anjali ^a   Suri, K A ^a   Satti, N K ^a   Gupta, K K ^a   Bani, Sarang ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Flow cytometry; Immunophenotyping; Intracellular cytokines

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; WITHANOLIDE; WITHANOLIDE A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CORTICOSTERONE; ERGOSTEROL; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; WITHANIA;

EID: 68949181719     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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