Lymphocyte proliferation stimulated by activated Cebus apella macrophages treated with a complex homeopathic immune response modifiers

Homeopathy

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Coelho Moreira, Carlos Onete ^a   de Fátima Ferreira Borges da Costa, Joana ^a   Leal, Mariana Ferreira ^b   Ferreira de Andrade, Edilson ^a   Rezende, Alexandre Pingarilho ^a   Imbeloni, Aline Amaral ^c   Pereira Carneiro Muniz, José Augusto ^c   de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Marília ^b   Burbano, Rommel Rodríguez ^a   de Assumpção, Paulo Pimentel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Centro Nacional de Primatas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canova; Cebus apella; Cell cycle; Cytokines; Immune response modification; Non human primates

Indexed keywords

CANOVA; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBUS; CELL INTERACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOPATHY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-5; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855470665     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: 14764245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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