Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 477-484 , May 2009

Herbal melanin activates TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway

  • Fredrik Öberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Adil Haseeb

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Matilda Ahnfelt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Fredrik Pontén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Bengt Westermark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Adila El-Obeid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46186113838; fax: +4618552739.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.10.008

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 477-484 , May 2009

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