Effects of Psoraleae fructus and its major component psoralen on Th2 response in allergic asthma

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 665-678

  Jin, Hualiang ^a,b   Wang, Limin ^a   Xu, Changqing ^c   Li, Bei ^b   Luo, Qingli ^b   Wu, Jinfeng ^b   Lv, Yubao ^b   Wang, Genfa ^b   Dong, Jingcheng ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Psoraleae fructus; Psoralen; Th2 Response

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PSORALEAE FRUCTUS EXTRACT; PSORALEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTACOID; CYTOKINE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORALEAE FRUCTUS; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSORALEA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FICUSIN; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSORALEA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84901788908     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500438     Document Type: Article

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