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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Korean Red Ginseng Plays An Anti-Aging Role by Modulating Expression of Aging-Related Genes and Immune Cell Subsets.

Kun Kuk Shin, Young-Su Yi, Jin Kyeong Kim, Haeyeop Kim, Mohammad Amjad Hossain, Jong-Hoon Kim, Jae Youl Cho

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kun Kuk ShinDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
Young-Su YiDepartment of Life Sciences, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Korea.
Jin Kyeong KimDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
Haeyeop KimDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
Mohammad Amjad HossainDepartment of Veterinary Physiology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Iksan 54596, Korea.
Jong-Hoon KimDepartment of Veterinary Physiology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Iksan 54596, Korea.
Jae Youl ChoDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea.
Jeonbuk National University · KRSungkyunkwan University · KRKyonggi University · KR

Funding

the Korean Ginseng Society 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite previous reports of anti-aging effects of Korean red ginseng (KRG), the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Therefore, this study investigated possible mechanisms of KRG-mediated anti-aging effects in aged mice. KRG significantly inhibited thymic involution in old mice. Interestingly, KRG only increased protein expression, but not mRNA expression, of aging-related genes Lin28a, GDF-11, Sirt1, IL-2, and IL-17 in the thymocytes of old mice. KRG also modulated the population of some types of immune cells in old mice. KRG increased the population of regulatory T cells and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)-expressing natural killer (NK) cells in the spleen of old mice, but serum levels of regulatory T cell-specific cytokines IL-10 and TGF-β were unaffected. Finally, KRG recovered mRNA expression of Lin28a, GDF-11, and Sirt1 artificially decreased by concanavalin A (Con A) in both thymocytes and splenocytes of old mice without cytotoxicity. These results suggest that KRG exerts anti-aging effects by preventing thymic involution, as well as modulating the expression of aging-related genes and immune cell subsets.

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Gene Expression RegulationAgingAnimalsConcanavalin ACytokinesLeukocytesMice, Inbred C57BLPanaxPlant ExtractsRNA, MessengerSpleenThymus GlandT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryConcanavalin ACytokinesPlant ExtractsRNA, Messengeraging-related genesanti-agingimmune cell populationkorean red ginsengthymic involution

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PMID32218338
PMCPMC7181072
OpenAlexW3013356497

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