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[Effect of Japanese Ganoderma Lucidum on production of interleukin-2 from murine splenocytes]

L X Zhang1, H Mong, X B Zhou

  • 1School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Medical University.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Ganoderma lucidum (GL) planted in Japan on the production of Interleukin-2 (IL-2) from murine splenocytes. It was observed that hydrocortisone (HC) 0.025-1 microgram /ml could significantly antagonize the inhibitory activity of HC and CSA to increase the production of IL-2 in vitro, P < 0.01. When the splenocytes pretreated with GL alone or in combination with HC, it was shown that pretreatment alone had no significant effect on IL-2 production, but preincubating splenocytes with HC and GL resulted in a significant increase of IL-2 production when compared with that of HC group, P < 0.01. In vivo, GL 300 mg/kg could increase the production of IL-2 when oral taken GL alone or in combination of HC.

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