Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture

In vitro synergistic antiviral effect of interferon α-2b in combination with unithiol (an antioxidant) on diverse variants of Herpes simplex, including the clinical acyclovir-resistant isolates, was demonstrated. Unithiol showed immediate antiherpes activity in the cell culture. However, its activit...

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Main Author: A. N. Vasilyev
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Language:Russian
Published: LLC "Publishing House OKI" 2020-05-01
Series:Антибиотики и Химиотерапия
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Online Access:https://www.antibiotics-chemotherapy.ru/jour/article/view/318
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description In vitro synergistic antiviral effect of interferon α-2b in combination with unithiol (an antioxidant) on diverse variants of Herpes simplex, including the clinical acyclovir-resistant isolates, was demonstrated. Unithiol showed immediate antiherpes activity in the cell culture. However, its activity was lower than that of ascorbic acid, another highly active antioxidant. It was also observed that the specific antiherpes activity of interferon α-2b in the presence of unithiol increased several times. The data could be useful in the clinical practice, since the drugs combinations or complex formulations provide higher efficacy of the herpetic infection therapy with the use of the same concentrations of the available agents.
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Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture
Антибиотики и Химиотерапия
herpes simplex
cell culture
interferon α-2b
unithiol (antioxidant)
title Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture
title_full Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture
title_fullStr Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture
title_full_unstemmed Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture
title_short Antioxidant Impact on Specific Antiviral Activity of Human Recombinant Interferon α-2b with Respect to Herpes simplex in Cell Culture
title_sort antioxidant impact on specific antiviral activity of human recombinant interferon α 2b with respect to herpes simplex in cell culture
topic herpes simplex
cell culture
interferon α-2b
unithiol (antioxidant)
url https://www.antibiotics-chemotherapy.ru/jour/article/view/318
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