Activation of professional antigen presenting cells by acharan sulfate isolated from giant african snail, Achatina fulica

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 866-870

  Kim, Hyun Sun ^a   Lee, Young Hee ^a   Lee, Young Ran ^a   Im, Sun A ^a   Lee, Jae Kwon ^a   Yeong, Shik Kim ^b   Sim, Joon Soo ^b   Hyung, Seok Choi ^b   Lee, Chong Kil ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acharan sulfate; Achatina fulica; Dendritic cell; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547616504     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978838     Document Type: Article

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