Isoflavones inhibit poly(I: C)-induced serum, brain, and skin inflammatory mediators - Relevance to chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vasiadi, Magdalini ^a,b   Newman, Jennifer ^a   Theoharides, Theoharis C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Fatigue; Inflammation; Isoflavones; Mast cells; Polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid; Skin; Stress; Swim

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; DAIDZIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GENISTEIN; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; PROTEIN KC; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCOMOTION; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; ISOFLAVONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLY I-C; SKIN; SWIMMING;

EID: 84965184605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-014-0168-5     Document Type: Article

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