Mushroom and immunity

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-42

  Guo, Cuixia ^a   Choi, Man Wing ^a   Cheung, Peter C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beta glucans; Immune systems; Mushrooms; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CHAPERONIN 60; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; DECTIN 1; ERGOSTEROL; FLAGELLIN; GRIFOLAN; LENTINAN; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR A; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; ZYMOSAN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GANODERMA TSUGAE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HERICIUM ERINACEUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INONOTUS OBLIQUUS; LENTINULA EDODES; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MUSHROOM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SPARASSIS CRISPA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; TRICHOLOMA;

EID: 84890056692     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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