Quercetin supplementation suppresses the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the lungs of Mongolian gerbils and in A549 cells exposed to benzo[a]pyrene alone or in combination with β-carotene: In vivo and ex vivo studies

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Chan, Shu Ting ^a   Chuang, Cheng Hung ^b   Yeh, Chiao Lin ^b   Liao, Jiunn Wang ^c   Liu, Kai Li ^a   Tseng, Miao Ju ^a   Yeh, Shu Lan ^a,d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carotene; A549 cells; Benzo a pyrene; Mongolian gerbil; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BETA CAROTENE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; QUERCETIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EX VIVO STUDY; GERBIL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BETA CAROTENE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; QUERCETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 84855505647     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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