Dendrimers branch out to support mucosal integrity

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 860-862

  Kelleher, Dermot ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrimer; Diarrhoea; Interleukin 6; Nanobiotechnology; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CLAUDIN 2; DENDRIMER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYPROPYLETHERIMINE DENDRIMER GLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN MD 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE INJURY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLOSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DENDRIMERS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8;

EID: 84865804128     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201201668     Document Type: Note

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