A means and method for increasing or inhibiting the secretion of cytokines using gallotannins and ellagitannins is described. The preferred cytokine release inhibiting compounds are dimeric gallotannins having a linker molecule that misaligns the carbohydrate cores of the compounds. The preferred cytokine release promoting gallotannins and ellagitannins include a diaryl ether linker unit. In comparison to the more structurally complex ellagitannins, the compounds of this invention are structurally simpler, easier to synthesize, and more potent.
描述了一种使用没食子
单宁和鞣花
单宁增加或抑制细胞因子分泌的方法和手段。首选的细胞因子释放抑制化合物是具有连接分子的二聚没食子
单宁,该连接分子使化合物的
碳水化合物核心错位。首选的促进细胞因子释放的没食子
单宁和鞣花
单宁包括二芳基醚连接单元。与结构更复杂的鞣花
单宁相比,本发明的化合物结构更简单、更容易合成且更有效。