Effects of berberine and red yeast on proinflammatory cytokines il-6 and tnf-α in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of human subjects

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Spatuzza, Carmen ^a   Postiglione, Loredana ^a   Covelli, Bianca ^a   Ricciardone, Margherita ^a   Benvenuti, Claudio ^b   Mondola, Paolo ^a   Belfiore, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Medico Laboratorio Analisi AO San Gerardo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Berberine; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Obesity; Red yeast; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BERBERINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL PRODUCT; RED YEAST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84908599796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00230     Document Type: Article

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