Effect of gamma irradiation on mistletoe (Viscum album) lectin-mediated toxicity and immunomodulatory activity

FEBS Open Bio

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-111

  Sung, Nak Yun ^a   Byun, Eui Baek ^a   Song, Du Sup ^a   Jin, Yeung Bae ^a   Kim, Jae Kyung ^a   Park, Jong Heum ^a   Song, Beom Seok ^a   Jung, Pil Mun ^b   Byun, Myung Woo ^c   Lee, Ju Woon ^a   Park, Sang Hyun ^a   Kim, Jae Hun ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Woosong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Cytotoxicity; Gamma irradiation; Immune response; Mistletoe lectin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LECTIN; SEPHAROSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84873502212     PISSN: 22115463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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