Pinoresinol from the fruits of Forsythia koreana inhibits inflammatory responses in LPS-activated microglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 480, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Jung, Hyo Won ^a   Mahesh, Ramalingam ^a   Lee, Jong Gu ^b   Lee, Seung Ho ^b   Kim, Young Shik ^c   Park, Yong Ki ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forsythia koreana; Inflammation; Microglia; NF B; Pinoresinol

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NITRIC OXIDE; PINORESINOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORSYTHIA; FORSYTHIA KOREANA; FRUIT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DINOPROSTONE; FORSYTHIA; FURANS; GLIOSIS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIGNANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77954959261     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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