An exopolysaccharide produced by Geobacillus thermodenitrificans strain B3-72: Antiviral activity on immunocompetent cells

Immunology Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-137

  Arena, Adriana ^a   Gugliandolo, Concetta ^a   Stassi, Giovanna ^a   Pavone, Bernadette ^a   Iannello, Daniela ^a   Bisignano, Giuseppe ^a   Maugeri, Teresa Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti HSV 2 activity; Exopolysaccharide; Immunomodulatory effect; Thermophilic bacilli

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACILLACEAE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 67349176114     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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