Epigallocatechin gallate, the main component of tea polyphenol, binds to CD4 and interferes with gp120 binding
Authors:
- Nelson H TsunoNTNelson H Tsuno
- Joji KitayamaJKJoji Kitayama
- Yurai OkajiYOYurai Okaji
- Kentaro YazawaKYKentaro Yazawa
- Masahiro AsakageMAMasahiro Asakage
- Nobukazu HoriNHNobukazu Hori
- Toshiaki WatanabeTWToshiaki Watanabe
- Koki TakahashiKTKoki Takahashi
- Hirokazu NagawaHNHirokazu Nagawa
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Vol. 112 (5) , 951-957
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