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Review
. 2018 Feb;233(2):830-848.
doi: 10.1002/jcp.25778. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

Therapeutic effects of curcumin in inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases: A nature-made jack-of-all-trades?

Elham Abdollahi  1   2 , Amir Abbas Momtazi  3 , Thomas P Johnston  4 , Amirhossein Sahebkar  5   6
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Therapeutic effects of curcumin in inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases: A nature-made jack-of-all-trades?

Elham Abdollahi et al. J Cell Physiol. 2018 Feb.

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.

Keywords: autoimmune disease; curcumin; immune system; inflammation.

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