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Title: ImmunosuppressiveEffectsofNaturala,b-UnsaturatedCarbonyl-BasedCompounds,andTheirAnalogsandDerivatives,onImmuneCells:AReview
Authors: Arshad, Laiba
Jantan, Ibrahim
Haque, Md. Areeful
Bukhari, Syed Nasir Abbas
Keywords: Pharmacy
Issue Date: 30-Jan-2017
Publisher: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Abstract: Theimmunesystemiscomplexandpervasiveasitfunctionstopreventorlimitinfectionsinthehumanbody.Inahealthyorganism,theimmunesystemandtheredoxbalanceofimmunecellsmaintainhomeostasiswithinthebody.Thefailuretomaintainthebalancemayleadtoimpairedimmuneresponseandeitheroveractivityorabnormallylowactivityoftheimmunecellsresultinginautoimmuneorimmunedeficiencydiseases.Compoundscontaininga,b-unsaturatedcarbonyl-basedmoietiesareoftenreactive.Thereactivityofthesegroupsisresponsiblefortheirdiversepharmacologicalactivities,andthemostimportantandwidelystudiedincludethenaturalcompoundscurcumin,chalcone,andzerumbone.Numerousstudieshaverevealedthemainlyimmunosuppressiveandanti-inflammatoryactivitiesoftheaforesaidcompounds.Thisreviewhighlightsthespecificimmunosuppressiveeffectsofthesenaturala,b-unsaturatedcarbonyl-basedcompounds,andtheiranalogsandderivativesondifferenttypesofimmunecellsoftheinnate(granulocytes,monocytes,macrophages,anddendriticcells)andadaptive(Tcells,Bcells,andnaturalkillercells)immunesystems.Theinhibitoryeffectsofthesecompoundshavebeencomprehensivelystudiedonneutrophils,monocytesandmacrophagesbuttheireffectsonTcells,Bcells,naturalkillercells,anddendriticcellshavenotbeenwellinvestigated.Itisofparamountimportancetocontinuegeneratingexperimentaldataonthemechanismsofactionofa,b-unsaturatedcarbonyl-basedcompoundsonimmunecellstoprovideusefulinformationforensuingresearchtodiscovernewimmunomodulatingagents.
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