The effects of cocoa on the immune system

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 4 JUN, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pérez Cano, Francisco J ^a   Massot Cladera, Malen ^a   Franch, Àngels ^a   Castellote, Cristina ^a   Castell, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cocoa; Cytokine; Gut associated lymphoid tissue; Lymphocyte; Macrophage; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EPICATECHIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN B1; PROCYANIDIN B2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CACAO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84881588658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00071     Document Type: Review

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