Progress of the immuno modulating effect of polysaccharides and their mechanisms / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Polysaccharides definitely possess the effect of modulating immuno function by many ways and many targets, such as promoting the proliferation and differentiation of lymphocytes, secreting various lymphokines, modulating the balance of neuroendocrine immuno modulation network and so on. At present, the tendency of study on drugs in the world is to from synthetic drugs to natural drugs. In this review, a brief summarization is made on progress of the immuno modulating effect of polysaccharides and their mechanisms.