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Anti-cancer activity of Angelica gigas by increasing immune response and stimulating natural killer and natural killer T cells

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, July 2018
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Title
Anti-cancer activity of Angelica gigas by increasing immune response and stimulating natural killer and natural killer T cells
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, July 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12906-018-2277-7
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Seo Hyun Kim, Sung Won Lee, Hyun Jung Park, Sang Hee Lee, Won Kyun Im, Young Dong Kim, Kyung Hee Kim, Sang Jae Park, Seokmann Hong, Sung Ho Jeon

Abstract

The polysaccharide component of Angelica gigas induces immuno-stimulatory effects on innate immune cells. However, it is unclear whether A. gigas' adjuvant activity on the immune system can elicit anti-cancer responses. A water-soluble immuno-stimulatory component of A. gigas was prepared. How this ISAg modulated the activation of innate immune cells such as dendritic cells (DCs) was examined. ISAg-induced cytotoxic activity via natural killer (NK) and NKT cells was also tested using a tumor-bearing mouse model. ISAg treatment induced nitric oxide (NO) production and cytokine gene expression involved in innate immune responses. ISAg activated macrophages and DCs to secrete cytokine IL-12, through the TLR4 signaling pathway. IL-12 plays a crucial role in ISAg-mediated NK and NKT cell activation. Thus, the anti-cancer activity of NK and NKT cells induced ISAg-mediated cytotoxicity of B16 melanoma cells in mice. These results indicated that the natural ingredient, ISAg, has adjuvant activity to induce strong anti-cancer activity of NK and NKT cells in vivo.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 19 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 21%
Other 2 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 11%
Student > Bachelor 2 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 5%
Other 2 11%
Unknown 6 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 32%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 5%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 7 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 July 2018.
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#15,540,879
of 23,096,849 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#2,060
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#209,263
of 329,174 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#31
of 68 outputs
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