Exploring the effects of homeopathic Apis mellifica preparations on human gene expression profiles

Homeopathy

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-132

  Bigagli, Elisabetta ^a   Luceri, Cristina ^a   Bernardini, Simonetta ^b   Dei, Andrea ^a   Filippini, Angelica ^a   Dolara, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SIOMI Research Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apis mellifica; Gene expression; Homeopathic dilutions; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN 1X; METALLOTHIONEIN I; PROTEASOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BEE VENOM; MATERIA MEDICA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DILUTION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TINCTURE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BEE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE;

ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; PROSTATE;

EID: 84897015855     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: 14764245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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