Suppression of IgE production in mice treated with a traditional Chinese medicine, Bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang (Japanese name: Hochu-ekki-to)

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Kaneko, Masahiro ^a   Kishihara, Kenji ^b   Kawakita, Takuya ^a   Nakamura, Takao ^b   Takimoto, Hiroaki ^b   Nomoto, Kikuo ^b  

^a KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bu zhong yi qi tang; IgE; IL 4

Indexed keywords

BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0030991005     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(96)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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