id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-002372-ody77u5n	Loh, So Hee	Animal lectins: potential receptors for ginseng polysaccharides	2015-12-17		.txt	text/plain	6268	295	36	Ginseng polysaccharides (GPs) are the responsible ingredient of ginseng in immunomodulation, and are classified as acidic and neutral GPs. Although GPs participate in various immune reactions including the stimulation of immune cells and production of cytokines, the precise function of GPs together with its potential receptor(s) and their signal transduction pathways have remained largely unknown. quinquefolius are mediated by PS with a molecular weight higher than 100 kDa. It was reported that acidic GPs promoted the production of cytotoxic cells against tumors and stimulated macrophages to produce helper types 1 and 2 (Th1 and Th2) cytokines [26, 27] . Because GPs were reported to significantly increase the viability of peritoneal macrophage cells [8] and ginseng was shown to inhibit degradation of long-lived proteins and to stimulate protein synthesis similar to polypeptide growth factors [41] , it was suggested that maintaining the cell viability under the condition of viral infection-induced stress might be an another alternative mechanism for the protective effects of GP.	./cache/cord-002372-ody77u5n.txt	./txt/cord-002372-ody77u5n.txt