Traditional Chinese medicine and immune regulation

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Ma, Hong Di ^a   Deng, Yan Ru ^a   Tian, Zhigang ^a   Lian, Zhe Xiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Immunological promotion; Immunological suppression; Immunomodulatory activities; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASTRAGALUS POLYSACCHARIDE; BRUCEA JAVANICA EXTRACT; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CHINESE DRUG; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIQI; PEONOL; QUASSIN; QUASSINOID; SHI QUAN DA BU TANG; SHIGYAKU TO; TJS 109; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARCINOGENESIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FRUCTUS PSORALEAE; FRUIT; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL;

EID: 84877873598     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8332-0     Document Type: Review

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