Unique therapeutic effects of the Japanese-Chinese herbal medicine, Sairei-to, on Th1/Th2 cytokines balance of the autoimmunity of MRL/lpr mice

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-210

  Ito, Taisuke ^a   Seo, Naohiro ^a   Yagi, Hiroaki ^a   Ohtani, Toshio ^b   Tokura, Yoshiki ^a   Takigawa, Masahiro ^a   Furukawa, Fukumi ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Immunomodulatory effects; MRL lpr mice; MRL n mice; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; SAIREI TO;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERBAL MEDICINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA; REDUCTION; SKIN CELL; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINURIA; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036129087     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(01)00161-X     Document Type: Article

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