Immunomodulatory activity of the water extract of thymus vulgaris, thymus daenensis, and zataria multiflora on dendritic cells and T cells tesponses

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-402

  Amirghofran, Zahra ^a,b   Ahmadi, Hossein ^a   Karimi, Mohammad Hossein ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

dendritic cells; medicinal plants; Thymus daenensis; Thymus vulgaris; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMUS DAENENSIS EXTRACT; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYME; THYMUS DAENENSIS; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITIC CELLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOMODULATION; LAMIACEAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPLEEN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS PLANT; WATER;

EID: 84866401632     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2012.655822     Document Type: Article

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