IL-12 and IL-18 Induction and Subsequent NKT Activation Effects of the Japanese Botanical Medicine Juzentaihoto

In this study, we first measured some cytokine concentrations in the serum of patients treated with Juzentaihoto (JTT). Of the cytokines measured interleukin (IL) -18 was the most prominently up-regulated cytokine in the serum of patients under long term JTT administration. We next evaluated the eff...

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Main Authors: Ken Taniguchi, Takashi Uchida, Junji Tomiyama, Shinji Suzuki, Fumiatsu Yakushiji, Naoko Sazaki, Mari Kitamura, Yutaka Yamamoto, Minako Ikeda, Mariko Isogai, Takako Matsuda, Masanori Nakamura, Kazuhiko Fujiki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2008-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
NKT
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/9/7/1142/