Characterization of polysaccharide from Astragalus radix as the macrophage stimulator

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-334

  Zhao, Lu Hang ^a   Ma, Zhi Xin ^a   Zhu, Jie ^b   Yu, Xiao Hong ^c   Weng, Deng Po ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG HOSPITAL   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

APS; GM CSF; Macrophage; NO; TNF

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS POLYSACCHARIDE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ASTRAGALUS RADIX; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REACTION TIME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL LINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROLINE; THIOCARBAMATES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80054038374     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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