| Literature DB >> 16332508 |
Adriana Arena1, Teresa L Maugeri, Bernadette Pavone, Daniela Iannello, Concetta Gugliandolo, Giuseppe Bisignano.
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EPS-1 is a novel extracellular polysaccharide produced by a strain of thermotolerant Bacillus licheniformis, isolated from a shallow marine hot spring of Vulcano Island (Italy). In this paper, antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of EPS-1 were evaluated. It was found that EPS-1 treatment impaired HSV-2 replication in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) but not in WISH cells. Since several cytokines modulate the immune response to viruses, Th1- and Th2-type cytokines were assayed in supernatants of PBMC in different experimental conditions. EPS-1 induced IL-12, IFN-gamma, IFN-alpha, TNF-alpha and IL-18, but not IL-4. Thus, the antiviral effect of EPS-1 on PBMC seems to be related to the pattern of cytokines induced.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16332508 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.07.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Immunopharmacol ISSN: 1567-5769 Impact factor: 4.932