Hot water extract of the sclerotium of Polyporus rhinocerus Cooke enhances the immune functions of murine macrophages.

Guo, Cuixia; Wong, Ka-Hing; Cheung, Peter C K

Guo, Cuixia; Wong, Ka-Hing; Cheung, Peter C K.

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Guo C; School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.

Int J Med Mushrooms ; 13(3): 237-44, 2011.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22135875

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Complex Mixtures/pharmacology; Macrophage Activation/drug effects; Macrophages/immunology; NF-kappa B/metabolism; Polyporus/chemistry; Animals; Cell Line; Complex Mixtures/chemistry; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects; I-kappa B Proteins/metabolism; I-kappa B Proteins/pharmacology; Lectins, C-Type/metabolism; Macrophage-1 Antigen/metabolism; Macrophages/drug effects; Macrophages/metabolism; Mice; Mycelium/chemistry; Mycelium/immunology; NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; NF-kappa B/antagonists & inhibitors; NF-kappa B/genetics; Nitric Oxide/metabolism; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/metabolism; Phosphorylation; Pinocytosis/drug effects; Polyporus/immunology; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism; Signal Transduction/drug effects; Toll-Like Receptor 2/metabolism; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism; Up-Regulation/drug effects; beta-Glucans/metabolism

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: NF-kappa B / Complex Mixtures / Polyporus / Macrophage Activation / Macrophages Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Int J Med Mushrooms Year: 2011 Document type: Article

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