Detection of Anti-Allergic Factors in Strawberry Extracts

摘要

Pollinosis is well known as one of allergic problems in modern society. Many people are suffering from this disease every year from the end of February to the beginning of April. Allergies such as pollinosis are occurred by IgE antibodies. IgE produced when balance of type 1 helper T (Thl) and type 2 helper T (Th2) cells are inclined to Th2 cells. SOCS3 and SOCS5 are predominantly expressed in Th2 and Thl cells, respectively, and they reciprocally inhibit the Thl and Th2 differentiation processes. Therefore, we examined the effect of strawberry extracts on IgE production and gene expression for helper T cell differentiation.