| Literature DB >> 28059453 |
Elham Abdollahi1,2, Amir Abbas Momtazi3, Thomas P Johnston4, Amirhossein Sahebkar5,6.
Abstract
Curcumin is a dietary polyphenol from turmeric with numerous pharmacological activities. Novel animal and human studies indicate that curcumin can affect different immune cells, such as various T lymphocyte subsets, macrophages, dendritic cells, B lymphocytes and natural killer cells, which results in decreasing severity of various diseases with immunological etiology. The present review provides a comprehensive overview of the effects of curcumin on different immune cells and immune system-related diseases.Entities:
Keywords: autoimmune disease; curcumin; immune system; inflammation
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28059453 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25778
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cell Physiol ISSN: 0021-9541 Impact factor: 6.384