The effect of Liu-Wei-Di-Huang Wan on cytokine gene expression from human peripheral blood lymphocytes

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-257

  Shen, Jiann Jong ^a   Lin, Chun Jing ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^b   Hsieh, Kue Hsiung ^b   Kuo, Ming Ling ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chinese Medicine; Cytokine; T Helper Cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIUWEIDIHUANG TANG; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIU WEI DI HUANG WAN; LIU-WEI-DI-HUANG WAN; MITOGENIC AGENT; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MITE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MITES; MITOGENS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SKIN TESTS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0042319331     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03000886     Document Type: Article

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