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Studies on the immuno-modulating and anti-tumor activities of Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) polysaccharides

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2004 Nov 1;12(21):5595-601. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.08.003.
Hung-Sen Chen 1,  Yow-Fu Tsai,  Steven Lin,  Chia-Ching Lin,  Kay-Hooi Khoo,  Chun-Hung Lin,  Chi-Huey Wong
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  • 1 The Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, No. 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nan-Kang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
PMID: 15465337 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.08.003
Abstract

We describe here the isolation of Reishi Polysaccharides for the study of their effect on cytokine expression in mouse splenocytes. A fraction (F3) has been shown to activate the expression of IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, GM-CSF, G-CSF, and M-CSF, and from this three subfractions have been prepared where F3G1 activates IL-1, IL-12, TNF-alpha, and G-CSF, F3G2 activates all the cytokines as F3 does, and F3G3 activates only IL-1 and TNF-alpha. Together with previous studies, the mode of action on macrophages has been proposed where F3 binds to TLR4 receptor and activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 to induce IL-1 expression.

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