Macrophage immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides isolated from Glycyrrhiza uralensis fish

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Cheng, Anwei ^a   Wan, Fachun ^b   Wang, Jiaqi ^c   Jin, Zhengyu ^a   Xu, Xueming ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fish; Immunomodulator; Macrophage; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; ION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; ION EXCHANGE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PINOCYTOSIS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 36749101394     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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