| Literature DB >> 20502963 |
Manami Monobe1, Kaori Ema, Yoshiko Tokuda, Mari Maeda-Yamamoto.
Abstract
We investigated the phagocytosis-enhancing activity of green tea polyphenols, such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG), epicatechin (EC) catechin (+C) and strictinin, using VD3-differentiated HL60 cells. EGCG, EGC, ECG and strictinin, but not EC and +C, increased the phagocytic activity of macrophage-like cells, and a caspase inhibitor significantly inhibited phagocytic activities. These results suggest that the pyrogallol-type structure in green tea polyphenols may be important for enhancement of the phagocytic activity through caspase signaling pathways.Entities:
Year: 2010 PMID: 20502963 PMCID: PMC2932908 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-010-9280-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cytotechnology ISSN: 0920-9069 Impact factor: 2.058