Immunomodulatory effects of EGCG fraction of green tea extract in innate and adaptive immunity via T regulatory cells in murine model

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 364-370

  Kuo, Chao Lin ^a   Chen, Tung Sheng ^a   Liou, Shaw Yih ^b   Hsieh, Chang Chi ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Formosan Blood Purification Foundation   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EGCG fraction of green tea; IgE; NK cytolysis; Phagocytosis; Treg

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; OVALBUMIN; CATECHIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; MURINE MODEL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELL; PERITONEUM CELL; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; TEA;

MURINAE; MUS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CATECHIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TEA;

EID: 84924357606     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2014.953637     Document Type: Article

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