Preventative Effect of an Herbal Preparation (HemoHIM) on Development of Airway Inflammation in Mice via Modulation of Th1/2 Cells Differentiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Jong Jin ^a   Cho, Hyun Wook ^a   Park, Hae Ran ^b   Jung, Uhee ^b   Jo, Sung Kee ^b   Yee, Sung Tae ^a  

^a Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA GIGAS EXTRACT; CNIDIUM RHIZOME EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOHIM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PAEONIA RADIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

ANGELICA GIGAS; CNIDIUM OFFICINALE; MUS; PAEONIA JAPONICA;

EID: 84879749046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068552     Document Type: Article

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