Effect of cocoa-enriched diets on lymphocytes involved in adjuvant arthritis in rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 378-387

  Ramos Romero, Sara ^a   Pérez Cano, Francisco J ^a,b   Castellote, Cristina ^a,b,c   Castell, Margarida ^a,b   Franch, Àngels ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca en Nutricio i Seguretat Alimentaria INSA UB   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Anti mycobacterial antibodies; Cocoa flavonoids; T helper lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CACAO; CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3- T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BUTYRICUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CACAO; CELLS, CULTURED; DIET; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MYCOBACTERIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

MYCOBACTERIUM BUTYRICUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84856304710     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003035     Document Type: Article

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