The Effect of propolis on Th1/Th2 cytokine expression and production by melanoma-bearing mice submitted to stress

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1501-1507

  Missima, F ^a   Pagliarone, A C ^a   Orsatti, C L ^a   Araujo Jr J P ^a   Sforcin, J M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cytokines; immunomodulation; melanoma; propolis; stress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CANCER CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROPOLIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 78649392959     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3142     Document Type: Article

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