Ligustrazine corrects Th1/Th2 and Treg/Th17 imbalance in a mouse asthma model

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-81

  Ji, Ning Fei ^a,b   Xie, Yu Chun ^b   Zhang, Ming Shun ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Cheng, Hui ^b   Wang, Hong ^a   Yin, Kai Sheng ^a   Huang, Mao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Province Geriatric Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Foxp3; Gata 3; Ligustrazine; ROR t; T bet

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OVALBUMIN; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNITY; LUNG LOBE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TH17 CELL; TREG TH17 IMBALANCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHILS; OVALBUMIN; PYRAZINES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1-TH2 BALANCE; TH17 CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84900008288     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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