The effects of royal jelly on autoimmunity in Graves' disease

Erem C., Deger O., Ovali E., Barlak Y.

ENDOCRINE, cilt.30, sa.2, ss.175-183, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1385/endo:30:2:175
  • Dergi Adı: ENDOCRINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-183
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective. Graves' disease is an organ-specific autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. TSHR Ab plays the most important role for the pathogenesis of Graves' disease. Recently, the role of cytokines for the pathogenesis of Graves' disease has been studied extensively. Royal jelly (1111) is a creamy product secreted by young nurse worker bees (Apis mellifera), and it is synthesized in the hypopharyngeall and mandibular glands. R) has been reported to have such pharmacological characteristics as antitumor, antibacterial, antihyper-cholesterolemic, antiallergic, antiinflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. The major aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of RJ on autoimmunity in peripheral lymphocyte culture and to establish the therapeutic doses.