Morus alba L. suppresses the development of atopic dermatitis induced by the house dust mite in NC/Nga mice

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lim, Hye Sun ^a   Ha, Hyekyung ^a   Lee, Hoyoung ^a   Lee, Jun K ^a   Lee, Mee Young ^a   Shin, Hyeun Kyoo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Keratinocyte; Macrophage; Morus alba; NC Nga mouse

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MULBERRY EXTRACT; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; EROSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPLASIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MORUS ALBA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MORUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINE CCL17; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MICE; MORUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN;

EID: 84899979183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-139     Document Type: Article

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