Citrus peel polymethoxyflavones nobiletin and tangeretin suppress LPS- and IgE-mediated activation of human intestinal mast cells

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1609-1620

  Hagenlocher, Yvonne ^a   Feilhauer, Katharina ^b   Schäffer, Michael ^c   Bischoff, Stephan C ^a   Lorentz, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Citrus fruits; Flavonoids; Mast cells; Nutraceuticals

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (2 AMINOETHYLAMINO) 1,8 DIMETHYLIMIDAZO[1,2 A]QUINOXALINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NOBILETIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; TANGERETIN; TRYPTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; 2-(2-AMINO-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-4H-1-BENZOPYRAN-4-ONE; CYTOKINE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CITRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE TISSUE; MAST CELL; UPREGULATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRUS; CYTOKINES; FLAVONES; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAST CELLS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84961620952     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-016-1207-z     Document Type: Article

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