Chung-Yeul-Gue-Soup-Sa-Gan-Tang, Traditional Korean Medicine, Enhances CD4+ T Cell Activities and Modulates Th1/Th2 Lineage Development

• Published in: Journal of Pharmacological Sciences Vol. 94; no. 4; pp. 359 - 367
• Main Authors: Ko, Eunjung, Park, Jae-woo, Rho, Samwoong, Cho, Chongwoon, Park, Seongkyu, Ko, Seonggyu, Lee, Yongwon, Hong, Moo-Chang, Shin, Min-Kyu, Ryu, Ki-won, Bae, Hyunsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Elsevier B.V 2004; The Japanese Pharmacological Society; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal - metabolism; CD4; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - drug effects; Cell Division - drug effects; Cell Lineage; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - pharmacology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Interferon-gamma - metabolism; interferon-γ; Interleukin-2 - metabolism; interleukin-4; Interleukin-4 - metabolism; Korea; Lymphocyte Activation - immunology; Medicine, East Asian Traditional; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Spleen - cytology; Th1; Th1 Cells - drug effects; Th1 Cells - metabolism; Th2; Th2 Cells - drug effects; Th2 Cells - metabolism; interleukin-4; CD4; interferon-γ; Th1; Th2

Chung-Yeul-Gue-Soup-Sa-Gan-Tang (CYT), a traditional Korea herbal medicine, has been widely used in Korea for the treatment of various immunological disorders, including allergic asthma. In this study, CYT was examined in vitro and tested for possible immunological effects. The results demonstrated...