Kojic acid, a secondary metabolite from Aspergillus sp., acts as an inducer of macrophage activation

Cell Biology International

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-343

  Rodrigues, Ana Paula D ^a   Carvalho, Antônio Sergio C ^a   Santos, Alberdan S ^a   Alves, Claudio N ^a   do Nascimento, José Luiz M ^a   Silva, Edilene O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Kojic acid; Macrophage activation; Phagocytosis; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

KOJIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPERGILLUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PYRONES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; FUNGI;

EID: 79952093147     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: 10958355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CBI20100083     Document Type: Article

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