Differential effects of ginsenosides on NO and TNF-α production by LPS-activated N9 microglia

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Wu, Chun Fu ^a   Bi, Xiu Li ^a,c   Yang, Jing Yu ^a   Zhan, Jia Yang ^a   Dong, Ying Xu ^a   Wang, Jin Hui ^a   Wang, Ji Ming ^b   Zhang, Ruiwen ^c   Li, Xian ^a  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginsenosides; Microglia; NO; Protopanaxadiols; Protopanaxatriols; TNF

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; I KAPPA B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN C JUN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE REPRESSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GINSENOSIDES; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICROGLIA; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHORYLATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33846618796     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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