Alcoholic extract of Cicer microphyllum augments Th1 immune response in normal and chronically stressed Swiss albino mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-277

  Kour, Kiranjeet ^a   Sangwan, Payare Lal Sangwan ^a   Khan, Imran ^a   Koul, Surrinder ^a   Sharma, Satya Narayan ^a   Kitchlu, Surinder ^a   Bani, Sarang ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

chronic stress; Cicer microphyllum; immunophenotyping; intracellular cytokines

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CICER MICROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKPEA; CHRONIC STRESS; CICER MICROPHYLLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CICER; CORTICOSTERONE; ERYTHROCYTES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 78751473160     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2010.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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