American ginseng preferentially suppresses STAT/iNOS signaling in activated macrophages

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Ichikawa, Tomonaga ^a   Li, Jinqing ^a   Nagarkatti, Prakash ^a   Nagarkatti, Mitzi ^a   Hofseth, Lorne J ^b   Windust, Anthony ^c   Cui, Taixing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American ginseng; COX2; Inflammation; iNOS; Macrophages; Panax quinquefolius; STAT

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N BENZYL 2 CYANO 3 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACRYLAMIDE; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MURINAE; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 67651083493     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.032     Document Type: Article

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