Immunoadjuvant activity of icariin that induces Th1-type antibody in Mice

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1685-1691

  Rhew, Ki Yon ^a   Han, Yongmoon ^a  

^a Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Cytokines; DTH; Hemolysis; Icariin; IgG isotypes; Mice; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; ICARIIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EPIMEDIUM; EPIMEDIUM KOREANUM; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84872112576     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-012-0920-2     Document Type: Article

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