Improvement of atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions by Platycodon grandiflorum fermented by Lactobacillus plantarum in NC/Nga mice

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1222-1229

  Kim, Min Soo ^a   Kim, Wan Gi ^b   Chung, Hwan Suck ^c   Park, Byoung Woo ^a   Ahn, Kyoo Seok ^c   Kim, Jeong Jin ^a,c   Bae, Hyunsu ^c  

^a Research Institute of Atopy and Immunity   (South Korea)

^b Food Research Institute in Amore Pacific R and D Center   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Lactobacillus plantarum; NC Nga mouse; Platycodon grandiflorum; T helper 1; T helper 2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FERMENTED PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERMENTATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLATYCODON; SKIN; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH1-TH2 BALANCE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84864939879     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b110504     Document Type: Article

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