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Anticancer Res. 1990 Jan-Feb;10(1):55-8.
Kim F, Sakagami H, Tanuma S, Konno K.
First Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
PSK, a protein-bound polysaccharide extracted from the mycelia of Coriolus versicolor (Fr.) Quel, stimulated tumor
necrosis factor-induced cytotoxicity against mouse L-929 fibroblast. PSK also stimulated interferon-gamma-induced
differentiation of human myelogenous leukemic U-937 and THP-1 cells. The differentiated cells had higher proportions of
cells that expressed NBT-reducing activity and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase activity. Among four PSK subfractions, the
highest molecular weight fraction (MW greater than 200 kD) had the most potent stimulating activity. This is the first report
regarding direct PSK modulation of cytokine action.
PMID: 2110432 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]