Ganoderma tsugae in vivo modulates Th1/Th2 and macrophage responses in an allergic murine model

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2025-2032

  Lin, Jin Yuarn ^a   Chen, Miaw Ling ^b   Lin, Bi Fong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergic murine model; Ganoderma tsugae; Peritoneal macrophages; Splenocytes; T helper type 1 (Th1) cytokine; Th2 cytokine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANODERMA TSUGAE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GANODERMA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCELIUM; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

GANODERMA TSUGAE; MURINAE;

EID: 33749540944     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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