Effect of carvacrol on various cytokines genes expression in splenocytes of asthmatic mice

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 402-410

  Kianmehr, Majid ^a   Rezaei, Abdolrahim ^b   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Cytokines; Gene expression; Real time PCR; Splenocyte

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; OVALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 84964282408     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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