Therapeutic effects of curcumin in inflammatory and immune‐mediated diseases: A nature‐made jack‐of‐all‐trades?
Elham Abdollahi(Mashhad University of Medical Sciences), Amir Abbas Momtazi(Mashhad University of Medical Sciences), Thomas P. Johnston(University of Missouri–Kansas City), Amirhossein Sahebkar(Mashhad University of Medical Sciences)
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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.
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