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Cytokine-Inducing and T Cell Mitogenic Effects of Cordyceps hepialidicola

  • Lim, Jong-Soon;Kim, Seung-Hyung;Park, Jeong-Youl;Park, Jin-Seo;Park, Seong-Joo;Shin, Kwang-Soo
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제39권3호
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    • pp.181-185
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    • 2001
  • The morphological characteristics of newly isolated Cordyceps hepialidicola were characterized, and the phylogenetic relationships with other Cordyceps species were investigated using a sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS). The PCR product of 592 bp showed a homology of 92 and 91% with C. militaris and C. nutans, respectively, In an in vitro model using mouse peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), a methanol extract of C. hepialidicola induced multiple cytokines, including IFN-${\gamma}$ IL-4, and IL-18. The extract also enhanced the percentages of the CD4$\^$+/ and CD8$\sub$+/ T cells in the healthy murine PBMCs to 56.1% and 13.0%,respectively. The percentages of CD4$\^$+/ and CD8$\^$+/ in the untreated controls were 28.4 and 7.3%, and concanavalin A-treated positive controls were 62.4 and 18.3%, respectively.

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