Effect of ajuga bracteosa on systemic T-cell immunity in Balb/C mice: Dual Th1/Th2 immunostimulatory effects

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 375-392

  Nisar, Albeena ^a   Akhtar, Nayeema ^b   Hassan, Asma ^a   Banday, Tabish ^a   Wani, Bilal ^a   Zargar, Mohammed Afzal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Ajuga bracteosa; Flow Cytometry; Herbal Medicine; IFN ; IL 2; IL 4; Th1 Th2 Immunity

Indexed keywords

AJUGA BRACTEOSA ETHANOLIC EXTRACT; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUM ARABIC; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEVAMISOLE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AJUGA; AJUGA BRACTEOSA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AJUGA; ANIMALS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHANOL; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHEEP; SPLEEN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84897849445     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500256     Document Type: Article

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