Aqueous extract of Phyllanthus niruri (Euphorbiaceae) enhances the phenotypic and functional maturation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and their antigen-presentation function

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-401

  Nworu, Chukwuemeka S ^a,b   Akah, Peter A ^a   Okoye, Festus B C ^a   Esimone, Charles O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; DCs maturation; Dendritic cells; Phenotypic makers; phyllanthus niruri

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD83 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; OVALBUMIN; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER CONTROL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; EUPHORBIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD86; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHYLLANTHUS; PINOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EUPHORBIACEAE; MURINAE; MUS; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI;

EID: 77950820681     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970903463939     Document Type: Article

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