Effects of oral administration of Phellinus linteus on the production of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in mice

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-293

  Oh, Gi Su ^a   Lee, Myeong Su ^a   Pae, Hyun Ok ^a   Kwon, Joseph ^a   Lee, Sang Soo ^b   Jeong, Jong Gil ^b   Shin, Min Kyo ^a   Kwon, Tae Oh ^a   Chung, Hun Taeg ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Dongshin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Concanavaline A; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Phellinus linteus; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHELLINUS LINTEUS EXTRACT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PHELLINUS LINTEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CYTOKINES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; INONOTUS LINTEUS;

EID: 33746817031     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08923970600809363     Document Type: Article

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