IMMUNE NETWORK
- Volume 3 Issue 3
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- Pages.182-187
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- 2003
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- 1598-2629(pISSN)
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- 2092-6685(eISSN)
Effects of Oral Administration of Phellinus linteus on the Productions of the Th1- and Th2-type Cytokines in Mice
- Oh, Gi-Su (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
- Pae, Hyun-Ock (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
- Choi, Byung-Min (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
- Kwon, Ji-Wung (Division of Horticulture and Pet Animal-Plant Science, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Wonkwang University) ;
- Yun, Yeong-Ho (Division of Horticulture and Pet Animal-Plant Science, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Wonkwang University) ;
- Choi, Jeong-Ho (Division of Horticulture and Pet Animal-Plant Science, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Wonkwang University) ;
- Kwon, Tae-Oh (Medicinal Resources Research Center of Wonkwang University) ;
- Park, Young-Chul (Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology (BK21 Program), Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
- Chung, Hun-Teag (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
- Published : 2003.09.30
Abstract
Background: The mushroom Phellinus linteus (PL) has been shown to have the anti-tumor and immunostimulatory effects. We hypothesized that the hot water extract of PL (WEPL) exerts its significant immunostimulatory effect by inducing production of the Th1-derived cytokine interferon-