Immunomodulatory activity of oenothein B isolated from Epilobium angustifolium

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 6754-6766

  Schepetkin, Igor A ^a   Kirpotina, Liliya N ^a   Jakiw, Larissa ^a   Khlebnikov, Andrei I ^b   Blaskovich, Christie L ^a   Jutila, Mark A ^a   Quinn, Mark T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALTAI STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYTOKINE; GALLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; OENOTHEIN B; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; PYROGALLOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINES; EPILOBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHILS; NF-KAPPA B; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77950822169     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901827     Document Type: Article

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