A study on the immune receptors for polysaccharides from the roots of Astragalus membranaceus, a Chinese medicinal herb

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 320, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1103-1111

  Shao, Bao Mei ^a   Xu, Wen ^a   Dai, Hui ^a   Tu, Pengfei ^a   Li, Zhongjun ^a   Gao, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus membranaceus; Immune cells; Polysaccharides; Receptor; TLR4

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 3142684519     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.065     Document Type: Article

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