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SUBMITTER: Kawahara T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3080480 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cytotechnology 20110126 2
We evaluated the effect of a crude hot-water extract (HW) of quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) fruit on immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent late-phase immune reactions of mast cells using in vitro system. Mast cell-like RBL-2H3 cells were treated with quince HW and late-phase reaction was then induced by stimulation with IgE + Antigen. Quince HW reduced the elevation of interleukin-13 and tumor necrosis factor-α expression level. Furthermore, quince HW suppressed these cytokine expressions of mouse b ...[more]