KMID : 1140120110160040311
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Cancer Prevention Research 2011 Volume.16 No. 4 p.311 ~ p.317
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Immunomodulatory Effect of Petasites japonicas on Murine Splenocytes
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Hwang Yu-Jin
Woo Hye-Im Park Dong-Sik Kim Jae-Hyun Om Ae-Son Hwang Kyung-A
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Abstract
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Recently, people are stepping up their efforts to prevent a disease and keep optimum health. Especially, the modulation of the immune responses to alleviate the diseases has been of interest for many years. Although Petasites japonicas have been used as one of the traditional remedies as well as food sources, few studies on their immunomodulating effects have been reported. The result indicated that the extract was able to increase the proliferation B, T lymphocytes compared to no mitogen group. Additionally, we measured several cytokines such as IL-2, IL-4, IFN¥ã and TNF¥á which were related with immunoregulation. The result of this study suggest that Petasites japonicas water extract could regulate the immune function by increasing the splenocyte proliferation.
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KEYWORD
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Petasites japonicas, Mouse splenocyte, Immunomodulation, Cytokine
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