Ethanol extract from birch bark (Betula pubescens) suppresses human dendritic cell mediated Th1 responses and directs it towards a Th17 regulatory response in vitro

Immunology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Freysdottir, Jona ^a,b   Sigurpalsson, Marino Boas ^a,b   Omarsdottir, Sesselja ^b   Olafsdottir, Elin S ^b   Vikingsson, Arnor ^a   Hardardottir, Ingibjorg ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETULA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; CD209 ANTIGEN; CD83 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; DICHLOROMETHANE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIRCH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

BETULA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 79952314412     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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