Protopanaxatriol-type ginsenosides differentially modulate type 1 and type 2 cytokines production from murine splenocytes

Planta Medica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-207

  Yu, Jun Li ^a   Dou, De Qiang ^b   Chen, Xiao Hong ^a   Yang, Hong Zhen ^a   Guo, Na ^b   Cheng, Gui Fang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Araliaceae; GATA binding protein 3 (GATA 3); Ginsenosides; Interferon (IFN ); Interleukin 4 (IL 4); Panax ginseng; Splenocytes; t box expressed in T cells (T bet)

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GINSENOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTOPANAXATRIOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; GINSENG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GINSENOSIDES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NF-KAPPA B; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPOGENINS; SPLEEN; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 16444385539     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837817     Document Type: Article

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