Immunomodulatory effects of Agaricus blazei Murill in Balb/cByJ mice

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Chan, You ^a   Chang, Tim ^b   Chan, Chi Ho ^a   Yeh, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Chien Wei ^b   Shieh, Biehuoy ^a   Li, Ching ^a,c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Uni President Enterprises Corporation   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agaricus; Inbred BALB C mice; Plant extracts; Spleen; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OVALBUMIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGARICUS; ANIMALS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34948886151     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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