Phytoestrogens genistein and daidzein affect immunity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans via alterations of vitellogenin expression

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 957-965

  Fischer, Malaika ^a   Regitz, Charlotte ^a   Kahl, Mareike ^a   Werthebach, Michael ^a   Boll, Michael ^a   Wenzel, Uwe ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Daidzein; Genistein; Innate immunity; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET; DOWN-REGULATION; GENISTEIN; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; ISOFLAVONES; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862549949     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200006     Document Type: Article

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