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Identification of 14-dehydroergosterol as a novel anti-inflammatory compound inducing tolerogenic dendritic cells.
Scientific reports - 24 Oct 2017
Ano Yasuhisa, Ikado Kumiko, Shindo Kazutoshi, Koizumi Hideki, Fujiwara Daisuke
Abstract excerpt
Tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs) have the ability to induce regulatory T cells and play an important role in preventing chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. We have identified a novel compound, 14-dehydroergosterol, from Koji, a Japanese traditional food material fermented with fungi. 14-dehydroergosterol is an ergosterol analogue with a conjugated double bond, but the activity of 14-dehydroergosterol...
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