The anti-tumor effect of Ganoderma lucidum is mediated by cytokines released from activated macrophages and T lymphocytes

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-705

  Wang, Sheng Yuan ^a,b   Hsu, Ming Ling ^a   Hsu, Hui Chi ^a   Tzeng, Cheng Hwai ^a   Lee, Shiuh Sheng ^b   Shiao, Ming Shi ^a   Ho, Chi Kuan ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKEMIA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; POLYSACCHARIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030935175     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970317)70:6<699::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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