High molecular weight polysaccharides are key immunomodulators in North American ginseng extracts: Characterization of the ginseng genetic signature in primary human immune cells

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Lemmon, Holly R ^a,b   Sham, Jane ^a,b   Chau, Luan A ^a,b   Madrenas, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Ginseng; Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Immunomodulation; Microarray analysis; Panax quinquefolius; Polysaccharides; Saponins

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GINSENG POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 23P19; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; PANAX; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 84861973800     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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