Immunomodulatory activity of a novel, synthetic beta-glucan (β-glu6) in murine macrophages and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xiaofei ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Chunhong ^a   Sun, Shuhui ^a   Gu, Jianxin ^a   Wang, Xun ^c   Boraschi, Diana ^d   Huang, Yuxian ^e   Qu, Di ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Shanghai Blood Center   (China)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA(1-6) BRANCHED BETA(1-3) GLUCOHEXAOSE DERIVATIVE; CCL1 CHEMOKINE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 5; POLYSACCHARIDE; RAF PROTEIN; RANTES; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CYTOKINES; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-16; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-23; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; MICE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1;

EID: 84892382700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080399     Document Type: Article

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