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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 166, Issue 1, Pages 17-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00440-2
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Platycodon grandiflorum; macrophages; activation; cytokine
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Platycodon grandiflorum has been claimed to have a wide range of health benefits, which include immunostimulation and antitumor activity. The associated biological mechanisms are unclear; however, of the wide diversity of effects, it is believed that their activities may be exerted through several potent effector cells such as macrophages. Therefore, the effects of an aqueous extract from the root of P. grandiflorum (Changkil: CK) on mouse peritoneal macrophage function were investigated. It was found that CK stimulated macrophage proliferation. spreading ability, phagocytosis, cytostatic activity, and nitric oxide production in a dose-dependent manner, and that the production of cytokines such as TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta and IL-6 were similarly increased. CK significantly affected secretion at concentrations greater than 10 mug/ml; its maximal effects were at the concentration of 100 mug/ml. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that CK increased the appropriate cytokine mRNAs. These results suggest that CK is a potent enhancer of macrophage function. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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