Modulatory effect of Echinacea pallida on cellular immunity and angiogenesis in mice

Central-European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Skopińska Rózewska, Ewa ^a,b   Wasiutyński, Aleksander ^a   Sommer, Ewa ^a   Skopiński, Piotr ^a   Pastewka, Krzysztof ^c   Zdanowski, Robert ^b   Bany, Janusz ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Medical Center of Postgraduate Education   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Echinacea pallida; Granulocytes chemiluminescence; Immunological angiogenesis; Mice; Splenocytes chemokinesis; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; LYMPHOZIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SKIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 79953770915     PISSN: 14263912     EISSN: 16444124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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