Research Article

Traditional Chinese Medicine Extract from Huaier Increases the Expression of Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines and Reduces the Expression of Its Ligands

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Effect of Huaier aqueous extract on the secretion of DARC ligands. The levels of CXCL-1, IL-8, CCL-2, and MMP-2 in conditioned medium of (a) MCF-7 cells and (b) MDA-MB-231 cells after the treatment of different concentrations (4 or 8 mg/ml) of Huaier aqueous extract for 48 h. The concentrations of secreted proteins were evaluated by ELISA. compared with values at 0 mg/ml.
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