The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases
Bee venom therapy is a treatment modality that may be thousands of years old and involves the application of live bee stings to the patient’s skin or, in more recent years, the injection of bee venom into the skin with a hypodermic needle. Studies have proven the effectiveness of bee venom in treati...
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| description | Bee venom therapy is a treatment modality that may be thousands of years old and involves the application of live bee stings to the patient’s skin or, in more recent years, the injection of bee venom into the skin with a hypodermic needle. Studies have proven the effectiveness of bee venom in treating pathological conditions such as arthritis, pain and cancerous tumors. However, there has not been sufficient review to fully elucidate the cellular mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effects of bee venom and its components. In this respect, the present study reviews current understanding of the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory properties of bee venom and its components in the treatment of liver fibrosis, atherosclerosis and skin disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0326e189feb41359dd5fe1ae321bd822022-12-22T03:58:44ZengMDPI AGToxins2072-66512015-11-017114758477210.3390/toxins7114758toxins7114758The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory DiseasesWoo-Ram Lee0Sok Cheon Pak1Kwan-Kyu Park2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 3056-6, Daemyung-4-Dong, Nam-gu, Daegu 705-718, KoreaSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst, NSW 2795, AustraliaDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 3056-6, Daemyung-4-Dong, Nam-gu, Daegu 705-718, KoreaBee venom therapy is a treatment modality that may be thousands of years old and involves the application of live bee stings to the patient’s skin or, in more recent years, the injection of bee venom into the skin with a hypodermic needle. Studies have proven the effectiveness of bee venom in treating pathological conditions such as arthritis, pain and cancerous tumors. However, there has not been sufficient review to fully elucidate the cellular mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effects of bee venom and its components. In this respect, the present study reviews current understanding of the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory properties of bee venom and its components in the treatment of liver fibrosis, atherosclerosis and skin disease.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/7/11/4758bee venominflammationliver fibrosisatherosclerosisskin disease |
| spellingShingle | Woo-Ram Lee Sok Cheon Pak Kwan-Kyu Park The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases Toxins bee venom inflammation liver fibrosis atherosclerosis skin disease |
| title | The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases |
| title_full | The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases |
| title_fullStr | The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases |
| title_short | The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases |
| title_sort | protective effect of bee venom on fibrosis causing inflammatory diseases |
| topic | bee venom inflammation liver fibrosis atherosclerosis skin disease |
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