In vitro inhibitory effects of thymol and carvacrol on dendritic cell activation and function

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1125-1132

  Amirghofran, Zahra ^a,b   Ahmadi, Hossein ^a,c   Karimi, Mohammad Hossein ^d   Kalantar, Fathollah ^a   Gholijani, Nasser ^a   Malek Hosseini, Zahra ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CD40; CD86; immunomodulation; interferon ; interleukin 4; lymphocyte proliferation; medicinal plants; mixed lymphocyte culture

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; THYMOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CD86 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TERPENE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTHERAPY; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD86; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MONOTERPENES; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84976538361     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1055579     Document Type: Article

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