Protective effect of Radix Astragali injection on immune organs of rats with obstructive jaundice and its mechanism

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2862-2869

  Zhang, Rui Ping ^a   Zhang, Xi Ping ^b   Ruan, Yue Fang ^c   Ye, Shu Yun ^c   Zhao, Hong Chan ^b   Cheng, Qi Hui ^b   Wu, Di Jiong ^c  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Immune organ; Nuclear factor B; Obstructive jaundice; Radix Astragali; Rat; Tissue microarry; Traditional Chinese medicine; Tumor necrosis factor a

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BAX; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPLEEN DISEASE; THYMUS DISEASE;

EID: 67651240875     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2862     Document Type: Article

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