A medicinal plant extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu reduced LPS-stimulated gene expression in immune cells: A comprehensive genomic study using QPCR, ELISA, and microarray

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-272

  Tseng Crank, Julie ^a   Sung, Sookyung ^b   Jia, Qi ^a   Zhao, Yuan ^a   Burnett, Bruce ^c   Park, Dae Ryoung ^b   Woo, Sung Sick ^b  

^a Unigen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b Unigen Inc   (South Korea)

^c PRIMUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Baicalin; Catechin; Genomics; Immune; Lipid metabolism; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARD;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKINS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NF-KAPPA B; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ACACIA; ACACIA CATECHU; ANIMALIA; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 77955585459     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: 1939022X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19390211.2010.493169     Document Type: Article

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