Lunasin alleviates allergic airway inflammation while increases antigen-specific Tregs.

Lunasin is a naturally occurring peptide isolated from soybeans and has been explored in cancer treatment. Lunasin inhibits NF-κB activation and thus pro-inflammatory cytokine and mediator production in macrophages. In this study we demonstrate that lunasin can effectively suppress allergic airway i...

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Main Authors: Xiaowei Yang, Jingjing Zhu, Chun-Yu Tung, Gail Gardiner, Qun Wang, Hua-Chen Chang, Baohua Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4315393?pdf=render