Immunomodulatory effects of Astragalus gypsicolus hydroalcoholic extract in ovalbumin-induced allergic mice model

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-288

  Boroujerdnia, Mehri Ghafourian ^a   Azemi, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Hemmati, Ali Asghar ^a   Taghian, Amin ^a   Azadmehr, Abbas ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allergy; Astragalus gypsicolus; Extract; IFN ; IL 4

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; OVALBUMIN; TERPENOID;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84455171306     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: 17355249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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