Effects of Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) on the expression of immune response genes in head kidney, gill and spleen of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio L.

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Yuan, Chuntao ^a   Pan, Xuping ^a   Gong, Yi ^a   Xia, Aijun ^b   Wu, Guanghong ^b   Tang, Jianqing ^b   Han, Xiaodong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus polysaccharides (APS); Common carp; Cytokines; IL 1 ; Lysozyme C; TNF

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GILL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CARPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GILLS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; KIDNEY; MURAMIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPLEEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 36649035953     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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