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Interleukin-12 is associated with the in vivo anti-tumor effect of mistletoe extracts in B16 mouse melanoma.
Cancer letters - 8 Nov 2006
Duong Van Huyen Jean-Paul, Delignat Sandrine, Bayry Jagadeesh, Kazatchkine Michel D, Bruneval Patrick, Nicoletti Antonino, Kaveri Srini V
Abstract excerpt
Viscum album (VA) preparations consist of aqueous extracts of different types of lectins of mistletoe. VA exert cytotoxic and immunomodulatory properties that may be relevant for the inhibition of tumor growth. We addressed the effects of VA preparation VA Qu FrF on growth of B16F1 melanoma implanted in mice and on proliferation and cytokine synthesis of splenocytes. In C57BL6 mice, inhibition of tumor growth by...
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