Thymus-dependent effects of a traditional Chinese medicine, Ren-shen-yang-rong-tang (Japanese name; Ninjin-youei-to), in autoimmune MRL/MP-lpr/lpr mice

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-279

  Nakai, Shoji ^a   Kawakita, Takuya ^a   Nagasawa, Hideyuki ^b   Himeno, Kunisuke ^b   Nomoto, Kikuo ^c  

^a KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IL 6; MRL lpr mouse; Ninjin youei to; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAMPO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0030130509     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0192-0561(96)84507-3     Document Type: Article

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