The plant extract Isatis tinctoria L. extract (ITE) inhibits allergen-induced airway inflammation and hyperreactivity in mice

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 551-556

  Brattstrom A ^a   Schapowal, A ^a   Kamal, M A ^b,c   Maillet, I ^b,c   Ryffel, B ^b,c   Moser, R ^d,e  

^a Praxis ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Embryology   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d IBR Inc   (Switzerland)

^e Biomedical Research Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Allergic airway inflammation; Immune response reduction; Isatis tinctoria extract ITE; Murine asthma model; Th2 response

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOTAXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; ISATIS TINCTORIA EXTRACT; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RANTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; ISATIS; ISATIS TINCTORIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHILS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; ISATIS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUCUS; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

ISATIS TINCTORIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 77952422920     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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