Katarina Hostanska

Increased secretion of tumor necrosis factors alpha, interleukin 1, and interleukin 6 by human mononuclear cells exposed to beta-galactoside-specific lectin from clinically applied mistletoe extract.

Tibor Hajtò, Katarina Hostanska, Karl Frei et al. · PubMed · 1990 · 281 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +15

Modulatory potency of the beta-galactoside-specific lectin from mistletoe extract (Iscador) on the host defense system in vivo in rabbits and patients.

Tibor Hajtò, Katarina Hostanska, Hans‐Joachim Gabius · PubMed · 1989 · 274 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +14

Hyperforin a constituent of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) extract induces apoptosis by triggering activation of caspases and with hypericin synergistically exerts cytotoxicity towards human malignant cell lines

Katarina Hostanska, J. Reichling, Silvia Bommer et al. · European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics · 2003 · 144 citations

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Plant Sciences +13

Cytostatic and apoptosis-inducing activity of boswellic acids toward malignant cell lines in vitro.

Katarina Hostanska, Gerhard Daum, Reinhard Saller · PubMed · 2003 · 120 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +11

A plant lectin derived from Viscum album induces cytokine gene expression and protein production in cultures of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Katarina Hostanska, Tibor Hajtò, Giulio C. Spagnoli et al. · PubMed · 1995 · 113 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17