Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 12 , Pages 1099-1107 , December 2008

Suppressive effects of bee venom on the immune responses in collagen-induced arthritis in rats

  • Kyung-Woon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Molecular and Cellular Glycobiology Unit, Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Chunchun-Dong 300, Suwon, Kyunggi-Do 440-746, Republic of Korea
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  • Yong-Seung Shin

      Affiliations

    • Molecular and Cellular Glycobiology Unit, Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Chunchun-Dong 300, Suwon, Kyunggi-Do 440-746, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyungju 780-714, Republic of Korea
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  • Kap-Sung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyungju 780-714, Republic of Korea
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  • Young-Chae Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Medicine, Catholic Univeristy of Daegu Medical School, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Kwan-Kyu Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Medicine, Catholic Univeristy of Daegu Medical School, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Jae-Bok Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Medicine, Catholic Univeristy of Daegu Medical School, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  • Jung-Yoon Choe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Medicine, Catholic Univeristy of Daegu Medical School, Daegu, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Gill Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Suwon 441-100, Republic of Korea
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  • Mi-Suk Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyungwon University, Kyunggi-Do 461-701, Republic of Korea
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  • Young-Guk Park

      Affiliations

    • School of Dental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-Gu, Republic of Korea
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  • Cheorl-Ho Kim

      Affiliations

    • Molecular and Cellular Glycobiology Unit, Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Chunchun-Dong 300, Suwon, Kyunggi-Do 440-746, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82312907002; fax: +82312907015.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.02.015

Phytomedicine
Volume 15, Issue 12 , Pages 1099-1107 , December 2008

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