In vitro synthesis of a recombinant fungal immunomodulatory protein from Lingzhi or Reishi medicinal mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (W.Curt.:Fr.) P.Karst. (Aphyllophoromycetideae) and analysis of its immunomodulatory activity

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-358

  Li, Qi Zhang ^a   Wang, Xue Fei ^a   Bao, Ting Wen ^a   Ran, Liang ^a   Lin, Juan ^b   Zhou, Xuan Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Expression; Fungal immunomodulatory protein (FIP); Ganoderma lucidum; Lingzhi or Reishi mushroom; Medicinal mushrooms; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL IMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM;

EID: 79851490659     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v12.i4.20     Document Type: Article

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