Influenza Therapy
New findings from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases describe advances in influenza therapy
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, October 11th, 2007
A report, 'alpha-Defensin inhibits influenza virus replication by cell-mediated mechanism(s),' is newly published data in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. According to recent research from the United States, "The innate immune system mounts the first host response to pathogens. Because alpha-defensins, which are cationic antimicrobial peptides of polymorphonuclear neutrophils and other leukocytes, are important effectors of the innate immune system, we studied the antiviral activity of human alpha-defensin-1 (also known as 'human neutrophil peptide-1' [HNP-1]) against influenza virus in vitro."
"Treatment of cell cultures with HNP-1 soon after infection...
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