Beneficial effect of Bupleurum polysaccharides on autoimmune disease induced by Campylobacter jejuni in BALB/c mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-487

  Wang, Zheng ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Xu, Han ^a   Yue, Xi Ling ^a   Cheng, Xiao Qin ^a   Hou, Wen Jun ^a   Zhang, Yun Yi ^a   Chen, Dao Feng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; Bupleurum smithii var. parvifolium; Campylobacter jejuni; Polysaccharides; Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Indexed keywords

BUPLEURUM ROOT EXTRACT; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE; PREDNISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROTEINURIA; RENAL PROTECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; BUPLEURUM; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREDNISONE; PROTEINURIA;

BUPLEURUM; BUPLEURUM SMITHII; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; MUS;

EID: 67650660626     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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