The Protective Effect of Bee Venom on Fibrosis Causing Inflammatory Diseases

Toxins

Woo-Ram Lee¹  Kwan-Kyu Park¹  Sok Cheon Pak² 

[1] Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 3056-6,Daemyung-4-Dong, Nam-gu, Daegu 705-718, Korea;School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst,NSW 2795, Australia;

关键词: bee venom;    inflammation;    liver fibrosis;    atherosclerosis;    skin disease;   

DOI  :  10.3390/toxins7114758

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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