Immunomodulatory effects of pteridium aquilinum on natural killer cell activity and select aspects of the cellular immune response of mice

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-114

  Latorre, Andréia Oliveira ^a   Furlan, Maria Stella ^b   Sakai, Mônica ^a   Fukumasu, Heidge ^a   Hueza, Isis MacHado ^a   Haraguchi, Mitsue ^c   Górniak, Silvana Lima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum); Cellular immune response; Immunotoxicology; Natural killer; Ptaquiloside

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PLANT EXTRACT; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACKEN FERN; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PTERIDIUM; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 70350032182     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476910902972465     Document Type: Article

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