Immunomodulatory effects of edible and medicinal mushrooms and their bioactive immunoregulatory products

S Zhao, Q Gao, C Rong, S Wang, Z Zhao, Y Liu, J Xu - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mushrooms have been valued as food and health supplements by humans for centuries.
They are rich in dietary fiber, essential amino acids, minerals, and many bioactive …

Narrative review: Bioactive potential of various mushrooms as the treasure of versatile therapeutic natural product

H Chopra, AK Mishra, AA Baig, TK Mohanta… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mushrooms have remained an eternal part of traditional cuisines due to their beneficial
health potential and have long been recognized as a folk medicine for their broad spectrum …

Immune regulatory functions of biologically active proteins from edible fungi

J Xu, D Xu, Q Hu, N Ma, F Pei, A Su, G Ma - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Proteins from edible mushrooms have a variety of biological activities. Here, thirteen
precious edible mushrooms such as Ophiocordyceps sinensis, Ganoderma lucidum, and …

Current understanding of the structure and function of fungal immunomodulatory proteins

Y Liu, S Bastiaan-Net, HJ Wichers - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Fungal immunomodulatory proteins (FIPs) are a group of proteins found in fungi, which are
extensively studied for their immunomodulatory activity. Currently, more than 38 types of …

New advances and potentials of fungal immunomodulatory proteins for therapeutic purposes

UC Ejike, CJ Chan, PN Okechukwu… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fungal immunomodulatory proteins (FIPs) are fascinating small and heat-stable bioactive
proteins in a distinct protein family due to similarities in their structures and sequences. They …

Bioactive peptides and other immunomodulators of mushroom origin

B Drzewiecka, J Wessely-Szponder, M Świeca… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For centuries, humans have used mushrooms as both food and pro-health supplements.
Mushrooms, especially those related to the functions of the human immune system, are rich …

Molecular cloning, codon-optimized gene expression, and bioactivity assessment of two novel fungal immunomodulatory proteins from Ganoderma applanatum in …

S Zhou, S Guan, Z Duan, X Han, X Zhang… - Applied microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
Fungal immunomodulatory proteins (FIPs) have been identified from a series of fungi,
especially in Ganoderma species. However, little is known about the FIPs from G …

Making use of genomic information to explore the biotechnological potential of medicinal mushrooms

U Kües, SM Badalyan - Medicinal plants and fungi: recent advances in …, 2017 - Springer
Fruiting bodies of fungi are rich in multiple types of bioactive compounds with (potential)
pharmaceutical effects. Many kinds of mushrooms are thus highly valued in traditional …

Glucose-Mediated Repression of Plant Biomass Utilization in the White-Rot Fungus Dichomitus squalens

P Daly, M Peng, M Di Falco, A Lipzen… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The extent of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) at a global level is unknown in wood-
rotting fungi, which are critical to the carbon cycle and are a source of biotechnological …

Recombinant Expression and Bioactivity Comparison of Four Typical Fungal Immunomodulatory Proteins from Three Main Ganoderma Species

ZW Qu, SY Zhou, SX Guan, R Gao, ZW Duan… - BMC …, 2018 - Springer
Background More than a dozen of fungal immunomodulatory proteins (FIPs) have been
identified to date, most of which are from Ganoderma species. However, little is known about …