Induction of regulatory T cells by green tea polyphenol EGCG

Immunology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 7-13

  Wong, Carmen P ^a   Nguyen, Linda P ^a   Noh, Sang K ^b,c   Bray, Tammy M ^a,d   Bruno, Richard S ^b   Ho, Emily ^a,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Foxp3; Green tea polyphenols; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; EPIGENETICS; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOKINES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; JURKAT CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYPHENOLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TEA;

EID: 79960697091     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: 18790542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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