Screening of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-induced chemotaxis inhibitors from medicinal herbs

  • Lee, Seung-Woong (Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) ;
  • Kwon, Oh-Eok (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Hyun (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ho (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Rho, Mun-Chual (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Sun (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Kook (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University)
  • 발행 : 2002.10.01

초록

Blood monocytes are the precursors for the lipid-laden foam cells of early atherosclerotic lesions. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a CC chemokine. and chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) playa crucial role in the recruitment of monocytes to the vascular lesion. Using the human monocyte THP-1 cell line. we investigated the inhibitory effects of methanol extracts of 127 medicinal herbs on MCP-1-induced chemotaxis. (omitted)

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