Characterization and immunostimulatory activity of a polysaccharide from the spores of Ganoderma lucidum

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1175-1182

  Guo, Liang ^a   Xie, Jianhui ^a   Ruan, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Zhu, Haiyan ^a   Yun, Xiaojing ^a   Jiang, Yan ^b   Lü, Long ^b   Chen, Kangli ^a   Min, Zhihui ^c   Wen, Yumei ^d   Gu, Jianxin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Anti tumor; Dectin 1; Ganoderma lucidum; Glucan; Spores

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DECTIN 1; GLUCAN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE SYK; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FUNGUS SPORE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LUNG CANCER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, LEWIS LUNG; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REISHI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 68949196306     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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