Immunomodulatory activity of triticum aestivum and its effects on Thl/Th2 cytokines and NFκB P 65 response

American Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Hemalatha, R ^a   Karthik, M ^b   Narendra Babu, K ^a   Dinesh Kumar, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Bone marrow cellularity; Cytokines; Haemagglutination; Immunomodulation; Nfkb; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIBODY; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMAGGLUTININ ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; TH1 CYTOKINE; TH2 CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UPREGULATION;

MUS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84855472756     PISSN: 21504210     EISSN: 21504253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajbmb.2012.19.29     Document Type: Article

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