Enhancement of natural killer cell activity in healthy subjects by Immulina®, a Spirulina extract enriched for Braun-type lipoproteins

Planta Medica

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1802-1808

  Nielsen, Claus Henrik ^a   Balachandran, Premalatha ^b,c   Christensen, Ole ^a   Pugh, Nirmal D ^b,c   Tamta, Hemlata ^b,c   Sufka, Kenneth J ^c,d   Wu, Xiangmei ^b,c   Walsted, Anette ^e   Schjørring Thyssen, Michelle ^f   Enevold, Christian ^a   Pasco, David S ^b,c,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Nordic Immotech A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthrospira platensis; Brauntype lipoproteins; clinical trial; Immulina; natural killer (NK) cells; Phormidiaceae; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

IMMULINA; LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; PLACEBO; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL KILLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY K; PERFORIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPIRULINA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; MUS; SPIRULINA;

EID: 78349248314     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250043     Document Type: Article

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