Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects of the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate in human corneal epithelial cells

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 533-542

  Cavet, Megan E ^a   Harrington, Karen L ^a   Vollmer, Thomas R ^a   Ward, Keith W ^a   Zhang, Jin Zhong ^a  

^a BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRY EYE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEROSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; CYTOKINES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TEA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79952129512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
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