Immunopotentiation on murine spleen lymphocytes induced by polysaccharide fraction of Panax ginseng via upregulating calcineurin activity

APMIS

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-296

  Zhang, Song Dong ^a   Yin, Yan Xia ^a   Wei, Qun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Interleukin 2; Intracellular calcium; Lymphocyte proliferation; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM ION; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; GINSENG POLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PANAX; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77949904217     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02589.x     Document Type: Article

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