Mechanisms by which Astragalus membranaceus injection regulates hematopoiesis in myelosuppressed mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 663-667

  Zhu, Xiao Ling ^a   Zhu, Bi De ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus membranaceus; Cyclophosphamide; Hematopoiesis; Myelosuppression

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLAST; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMATOPOIESIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 34447548704     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2144     Document Type: Article

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