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Title: | Effect of the velvet antler of Formosan sambar deer (Cervus unicolor swinhoei) on the prevention of an allergic airway response in mice | Authors: | Kuo, C.-Y. Wang, T. Dai, T.-Y. Wang, C.-H. Chen, K.-N. Chen, Y.-P. Chen, M.-J. MING-JU CHEN |
Issue Date: | 2012 | Journal Volume: | 2012 | Source: | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Abstract: | Two mouse models were used to assay the antiallergic effects of the velvet antler (VA) of Formosan sambar deer (Cervus unicolor swinhoei) in this study. The results using the ovalbumin- (OVA-) sensitized mouse model showed that the levels of total IgE and OVA-specific IgE were reduced after VA powder was administrated for 4 weeks. In addition, the ex vivo results indicated that the secretion of T helper cell 1 (Th1), regulatory T (Treg), and Th17 cytokines by splenocytes was significantly increased (P<0.05) when VA powder was administered to the mice. Furthermore, OVA-allergic asthma mice that have been orally administrated with VA powder showed a strong inhibition of Th2 cytokine and proinflammatory cytokine production in bronchoalveolar fluid compared to control mice. An increase in the regulatory T-cell population of splenocytes in the allergic asthma mice after oral administration of VA was also observed. All the features of the asthmatic phenotype, including airway inflammation and the development of airway hyperresponsiveness, were reduced by treatment with VA. These findings support the hypothesis that oral feeding of VA may be an effective way of alleviating asthmatic symptoms in humans. ? 2012 Ching-Yun Kuo et al. |
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DOI: | 10.1155/2012/481318 | SDG/Keyword: | gamma interferon; interleukin 12p40; interleukin 13; interleukin 1beta; interleukin 4; interleukin 5; interleukin 6; ovalbumin; tumor necrosis factor alpha; allergic asthma; animal cell; animal experiment; animal model; article; Cervus unicolor swinhoei; controlled study; cytokine production; deer; disease course; ex vivo study; female; horn; lung lavage; lymphocyte subpopulation; mouse; nonhuman; priority journal; regulatory T lymphocyte; respiratory tract allergy; spleen cell; Th1 cell; Th17 cell; velvet antler |
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