The expression of erythropoietin triggered by Danggui Buxue Tang, a Chinese herbal decoction prepared from Radix Astragali and Radix Angelicae Sinensis, is mediated by the hypoxia-inducible factor in cultured HEK293T cells

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Zheng, Ken Y Z ^a   Choi, Roy C Y ^a   Xie, Heidi Q H ^a   Cheung, Anna W H ^a   Guo, Ava J Y ^a   Leung, Ka wing ^a   Chen, Vicky P ^a   Bi, Cathy W C ^a   Zhu, Kevin Y ^a   Chan, Gallant K L ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Lau, David T W ^a   Dong, Tina T X ^a   Zhao, Kui J ^b   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Danggui Buxue Tang; Erythropoietin; Hypoxia inducible factor; Radix Angelicae Sinensis; Radix Astragali

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; DANGGUI BUXUE TANG; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

DANGGUI;

EID: 77957814218     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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