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Effect of an extract based on the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill on expression of cytokines and calprotectin in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21129005     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An immunomodulatory extract (AndoSan™) based on the medicinal mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill (AbM) has shown to reduce blood cytokine levels in healthy volunteers after 12 days' ingestion, pointing to an anti-inflammatory effect. The aim was to study whether AndoSan™ had similar effects on cytokines in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Calprotectin, a marker for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), was also measured. Patients with CD (n = 11) and with UC (n = 10) consumed 60 ml/day of AndoSan™. Patient blood plasma was harvested before and after 6 h LPS (1 ng/ml) stimulation ex vivo. Plasma and faecal calprotectin levels were analysed using ELISA and 17 cytokines [IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-12 (Th1), IL-4, IL-5, IL-13 (Th2), IL-7, IL-17, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-8, MIP-1β, MCP-1, G-CSF, GM-CSF and IL-10] by multiplex assay. After 12 days' ingestion of AndoSan™, baseline plasma cytokine levels in UC was reduced for MCP-1 (40%) and in LPS-stimulated blood for MIP-1β (78%), IL-6 (44%), IL-1β (41%), IL-8 (30%), G-CSF (29%), MCP-1 (18%) and GM-CSF (17%). There were corresponding reductions in CD: IL-2 (100%), IL-17 (55%) and IL-8 (29%) and for IL-1β (35%), MIP-1β (30%), MCP-1 (22%), IL-8 (18%), IL-17 (17%) and G-CSF (14%), respectively. Baseline concentrations for the 17 cytokines in the UC and CD patient groups were largely similar. Faecal calprotectin was reduced in the UC group. Ingestion of an AbM-based medicinal mushroom by patients with IBD resulted in interesting anti-inflammatory effects as demonstrated by declined levels of pathogenic cytokines in blood and calprotectin in faeces.
Authors:
D T Førland; E Johnson; L Saetre; T Lyberg; I Lygren; G Hetland
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Scandinavian journal of immunology     Volume:  73     ISSN:  1365-3083     ISO Abbreviation:  Scand. J. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-06     Completed Date:  2011-01-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0323767     Medline TA:  Scand J Immunol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  66-75     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2011 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Affiliation:
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Agaricus / chemistry*
Aged
Cytokines / biosynthesis*,  blood,  immunology
Feces / chemistry
Female
Humans
Immunoassay
Immunologic Factors / administration & dosage*
Immunotherapy / methods*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / blood,  immunology*,  therapy*
Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex / biosynthesis*,  blood,  immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Statistics, Nonparametric
Young Adult
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cytokines; 0/Immunologic Factors; 0/Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex

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