[#2008-14] Protein HGFI from the edible ...

Protein HGFI from the edible mushroom Maitake (Grifola frondosa) is a novel 8 kDa class I hydrophobin that forms rodlets in compressed monolayers  Lei Yu,1,2t Baohua Zhang,1 Géza R. Szilvay,2 Ren Sun,1 Janne Jänis,3 Zefang Wang,1 Shuren Feng,1 Haijin Xu,1 Markus B. Linder2 and Mingqiang Qiao1 1College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 2VTT Biotechnology, Technical Research Centre of Finland 3University of Joensuu, Department of Chemistry Hydrophobins are a group of low-molecular-mass, cysteine-rich proteins that have unusual biophysical properties. They are highly...

[#2008-12] Maitake Obi, Nobuko et al. In...

Inhibitory Effect of TNF-α Produced by Macrophages Stimulated with Grifola frondosa Extract (ME) on the Growth of Influenza A/Aichi/2/68 Virus in MDCK Cells Nobuko Obi,∗,‡ Katsumi Hayashi,§ Tatsurou Miyahara,† Yutaka Shimada,∗,‡Katsutoshi Terasawa,‡,§ Masataka Watanabe,/ Masahide Takeyama, Ryosuke Obi∗ and Hiroshi Ochiai†,‡ ∗Departments of Oriental Medicine and †Human Science, Faculty ofMedicine ‡21st Century COE Program, University of Toyama §Department of Frontier Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba...

[#2008-11] Maitake: Mori, Koichiro et al...

Antiatherosclerotic effect of the edible mushrooms Pleurotus eryngii (Eringi), Grifola frondosa (Maitake), and Hypsizygus marmoreus (Bunashimeji) in apolipoprotein E?deficient mice Mori K(a,b), Kobayashi C(c), Tomita T(c), Inatomi S(b), Ikeda M(c,d) a) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, b)Mushroom laboratory, Hokuto Corporation, c)Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of Shizuoka, d)College of Environment and Disaster Research, Fuji Tokoha University In the present study, we examined the antiatherosclerotic effects of 3 edible...

[#2008-10] A Water-Soluble Extract from ...

A Water-Soluble Extract from Grifola frondosa, Maitake Mushroom, Decreases Lipid Droplets in Brown Adipocyte Tissue Cells Katsuhiko MINAMINO, Yumi NAGASAWA and Masaru OHTSURU Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Environmental Science, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya 663-8558, Japan (Received August 2, 2007) Summary We investigated the effect of a water-soluble extract from Grifola frondosa, the maitake mushroom, on lipid droplets in brown adipocyte tissue (BAT) cells. This water-solu­ble extract inhibits the conversion of pre white...

[#2008-09] Bioactive Substance from Grif...

Bioactive Substance from Grifola frondosa (Maitake) Mushroom Inhibits CCAAT Enhancer Binding Protein β and δ Expression on C3H10T1/2 B2C1 Adipocyte Cells Katsuhiko MINAMINO, Yuri YANAGA and Masaru OHTSURU* Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Environmental Science, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya 663-8558, Japan Summary Bioactive compound substances from Maitake (Grifola frondosa) inhibited adi­pocyte differentiation of B2C1 preadipocytes. This compound is not related to MAP kinase (ERK1 and ERK2) cascades or β-catenin, which...

[#2008-08] Inhibitory Effect of MD-Fract...

Inhibitory Effect of MD-Fraction on Tumor Metastasis: Involvement of NK Cell Activation and Suppression of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule (ICAM)-1 Expression in Lung Vascular Endothelial Cells Yuki MASUDA,*,a Yukihito MURATA,a Masahiko HAYASHI,b and Hiroaki NANBAa aDepartment of Microbial Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University and b Department of Pharmacy, Iwaki Meisei University The anti-metastatic activity of MD-Fraction extracted from the maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) was examined in an experimental murine model of lung metastasis. Intraperitoneal...