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Azuki bean (Vigna angularis) extract inhibits the development of experimentally induced atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice
- Source :
- Food Chemistry. 132:1269-1275
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- The present study investigated the effects of azuki bean (Vigna angularis) extract (VAE) on the progress of atopic dermatitis (AD)-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice induced by 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene. The efficacy of VAE in NC/Nga mice was determined by measuring gross and histological skin lesions, serum IgE levels, eosinophil ratio in peripheral leucocytes, and mRNA expression levels of interleukin (IL)-4, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interferon (IFN)-γ in splenocytes. Continuous ingestion of VAE inhibited the development of the AD-like skin lesions in a dose-dependent manner. In the VAE-treated mice, the numbers of mast cells in the skin, eosinophil ratio in peripheral leucocytes, relative mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines in the spleen, and serum IgE levels were significantly reduced. Results suggest that VAE can inhibit the development of AD-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice by regulating immune mediators and cells, and may be an effective alternative therapy for AD.
- Subjects :
- Necrosis
biology
business.industry
Interleukin
General Medicine
Atopic dermatitis
Eosinophil
Immunoglobulin E
medicine.disease
Analytical Chemistry
Proinflammatory cytokine
Immune system
medicine.anatomical_structure
Immunology
biology.protein
medicine
Tumor necrosis factor alpha
medicine.symptom
business
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03088146
- Volume :
- 132
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Food Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8c19845349bff440c879589e1c65d3dc