The stimulatory effects of nasal discharge from patients with perennial allergic rhinitis on normal human neutrophils are normalized after treatment with a new mixed formula of Chinese herbs

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1627-1639

  Yang, Sien Hung ^a,b   Hong, Chuang Ye ^a   Yu, Chia Li ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cyclooxygenase 2; Eicosanoids; IL 8; Mixed Chinese herb formula; Perennial allergic rhinitis; sICAM 1

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SHIN YI SAN; SHO SEIRYU TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIANG SHA LIU JUN ZI TANG; ISOENZYME; LEUKOTRIENE C4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TIME; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUCUS; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROSTONE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-8; ISOENZYMES; LEUKOTRIENE C4; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUCUS; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036843075     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(02)00133-9     Document Type: Article

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