An extract of agaricus blazei Murill administered orally promotes immune responses in murine leukemia BALB/c mice in vivo

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Fan, Ming Jen ^b   Tang, Nou Ying ^a   Yang, Jai Sing ^a   Hsia, Te Chun ^a   Lin, Jen Jyh ^a   Lai, Kuang Chi ^a   Sai Chuen Wu, Rick ^a   Ma, Chia Yu ^c   Wood, W Gibson ^d   Chung, Jing Gung ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agaricus blazei Murill extract; immune responses; leukemia BALB c mice; NK cells; phagocytosis; WEHI 3 cells

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; HEALTH FOOD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGARICUS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84861828704     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735411400314     Document Type: Article

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