- 상기생 물추출물이 대식세포 활성화와 Th1 반응에 미치는 효과
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- 신혜영,장문희,김윤철,윤용갑,박현,Shin. Hye-Young,Zhang. Wen-Ji,Kim. Youn-Chul,Yun. Yong-Gab,Park. Hyun
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 동의생리병리학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2008년|22권 1호|pp.171-175 (5 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한동의생리학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
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In the recently, increased concern has been focused on the pharmacology and clinical utility of herbal extracts and derivatives as a drug or adjunct to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Here we investigated the effect of the water extract of Loranthi Ramulus (LR) in production of inflammatory mediators and expression of toll-like receptor (TLR)-4, CD14 from peritoneal macrophage. We assayed the effect of LR water extract in cell proliferation in vitro and Th1/Th2 cytokine level in vivo. In peritoneal macrophages, water extract of LR water extract increased the production of Nitric oxide (NO) and $TNF-{alpha}$. Also, LR water extract increased Con A-induced cell proliferation and IgG1, IgG2a level in serum. However, i.p. injection of water extract of LR water extract did not affect the level of $TNF-{alpha}$, $IFN-{gamma}$, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-5 in serum of mice. These studies indicate that LR water extract induces macrophage activation and suggest the possible use of LR water extract in macrophage-based immunotherapies.