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Dendritic cells matured in the presence of the lycopodium alkaloid annotine direct T cell responses toward a Th2/Treg phenotype.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology - 15 Feb 2015
Hardardottir Ingibjorg, Olafsdottir Elin Soffia, Freysdottir Jona
Abstract excerpt
Annotine is a lycopodane-type alkaloid isolated from the Icelandic club moss Lycopodium annotinum ssp. alpestre. Annotine does not inhibit acetylcholinesterase, as some other lycopodium alkaloids do, and other bioactivities have not been reported. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of annotine on maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) and their ability to activate allogeneic CD4(+) T cells. Human...
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