Propolis efficacy on TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL2 cytokines production in old mice with and without systemic candidiasis

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-242

  Fatahinia, M ^a   Khosravi, A R ^a   Shokri, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Innate and adaptive immunity; Propolis; Systemic candidiasis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROPOLIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SUPERNATANT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CANDIDIASIS, INVASIVE; CONCANAVALIN A; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROPOLIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MUS;

EID: 84865727601     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: 17730449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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