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IMMUNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 157-170Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2011.599087
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NK cells; Ginseng; Immunity; Juvenile; Adult
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- Afexa Life Sciences, Inc.
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Cells belonging to the innate immune system are referred to as natural killer (NK) cells. We recently demonstrated that normal, pre-weaned infant mice, injected with a proprietary extract of ginseng (CVT-E002) had augmented NK cell numbers vs. sham-injected mice. In the present study, we extended these observations into juvenile and adult mice. Thus, young adult (age: 8-9 wk) C3H mice were given daily dietary CVTE002 for 4 wk followed by untreated chow for the following 2 months, then euthanized (age: 20-21 wk). Other C3H mice (juvenile: 4-wk-old) were given CVT-E002 under the same protocol and sampled at 18 wk of age. In spite of withdrawing the extract 2months earlier, the absolute numbers of NK cells in the young adults, remained significantly (p < 0.01), and slightly, elevated in the spleen and bone marrow (BM), respectively. The relative numbers (%) of NK cells in the blood also remained elevated (p < 0.05). In juvenile mice fed CVT-E002, the absolute numbers (spleen, BM) and % (blood) of NK cells were all elevated (p< 0.01 - p< 0.05). The mechanisms responsible for these supernormal numbers of NK cells long after withdrawal of CVT-E002, is as yet unknown.
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