Glycyrrhiza uralensis flavonoids present in anti-asthma formula, ASHMI™, inhibit memory Th2 responses in vitro and in vivo

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1381-1391

  Yang, Nan ^a   Patil, Sangita ^a   Zhuge, Jian ^a   Wen, Ming Chun ^a,b   Bolleddula, Jayaprakasam ^a   Doddaga, Srinivasulu ^a   Goldfarb, Joseph ^a   Sampson, Hugh A ^a   Li, Xiu Min ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Weifang Asthma Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

D10. G 4.1; flavonoids; GATA 3; Glycyrrhiza uralensis; murine model of asthma; Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

7,4' DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ASHMI; CYTOKINE; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; LIQUIRITIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GATA 3 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; IL 4 GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL;

GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; MURINAE;

D10. G 4.1; FLAVONOIDS; GATA-3; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; MURINE MODEL OF ASTHMA; TH2 CYTOKINES;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL LINE; CHALCONES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84883744125     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4862     Document Type: Article

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