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Effects of two bioflavonoids on certain cellular immune reactions in vitro
1Semmelweis University, 2nd Department of Medicine, Division of Hepatology and Immunology, Budapest, Hungary.
Abstract:
Oxidative and autoaggressive immune processes are supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of certain chronic liver diseases. In this study the effects of two naturally occurring antioxidant flavonoids, (+)cyanidanol-3 and silymarin, were determined on T and active T cell percentages, antigen-dependent (ADCC), lectin-dependent (LDCC) and natural (NK) cell mediated cytotoxicity and on lectin induced blast transformation of lymphocytes from healthy subjects and patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease in vitro. We observed no effects on T and active T cell percentages and on ADCC activity. Both drugs decreased LDCC activities of patients and lectin-induced lymphoblast transformation of controls and patients, (+)cyanidanol slightly and silymarin significantly decreased NK activities of controls and patients. These suppressive effects could partly be explained by the free radical scavenger and lipoxigenase inhibitor activity of the drugs and support the promising role of bioflavonoids in the treatment of chronic liver diseases.
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