Abstract:
A fucose-containing glycoprotein fraction obtainable from an extract of Ganoderma Lucidum Reishi, compositions comprising the fuconse-containing glycoprotein fraction, a method to mediate immunomodulating events associated with IL-1 gene expression, a method to stimulate the expression of an inflammatory cytokine, a method to modulate protein kinase pathways associated with inflammatory cytokine Interleukin 1, a method to induce a TLR mediated event; a method to modulate differentiation of a mononuclear cell, a method to enhance cytotoxicity of an NK cell against an NK-sensitive tumor cell, a method to activate the expression of cytokines, a method to induce Blimp-1 expression in a mouse splenic B cell or human B cell, human mature splenocytes or dendritic cell, a method to inhibit LPS induced nitric oxide production in macrophages, a method to activate spleen cells proliferation, and a method to modify the proteome of a spleen cell.