Cordysinocan, a polysaccharide isolated from cultured Cordyceps, activates immune responses in cultured T-lymphocytes and macrophages: Signaling cascade and induction of cytokines

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Cheung, Jerry K H ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Cheung, Anna W H ^a   Zhu, Yue ^a   Zheng, Ken Y Z ^a   Bi, Cathy W C ^a   Duan, Ran ^a   Choi, Roy C Y ^a   Lau, David T W ^a   Dong, Tina T X ^a   Lau, Brad W C ^b   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Cordyceps sinensis; Cytokine; Immune response; Lymphocyte; Macrophage; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CORDYSINOCAN; CYTOKINE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MANNOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS;

EID: 67349099126     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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