Emodin inhibits the differentiation and maturation of dendritic cells and increases the production of regulatory T cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-164

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Hong ^b   Bu, Heqi ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Tong, Hongfei ^a   Liu, Dianlei ^a   Guo, Hongchun ^a   Lin, Shengzhang ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wenzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Emodin; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD83 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; EMODIN; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EMODIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84855178376     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.820     Document Type: Article

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