Suppression of Th1 and Th2 immune responses in mice by sinomenine, an alkaloid extracted from the Chinese medicinal plant Sinomenium acutum

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1383-1388

  Feng, Huang ^a,b   Yamaki, Kouya ^a   Takano, Hirohisa ^c   Inoue, Ken Ichiro ^c   Yanagisawa, Rie ^c   Yoshino, Shin ^a  

^a KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Sinomenine; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; DEXAMETHASONE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; OVALBUMIN ANTIBODY; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SINOMENINE; SINOMENIUM ACUTUM EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; SINOMENIUM; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MORPHINANS; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SINOMENIUM; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

MUS; SINOMENIUM ACUTUM;

EID: 33846194605     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951721     Document Type: Article

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