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Intranasal administration of poly-gamma glutamate induced antiviral activity and protective immune responses against H1N1 influenza A virus infection

Overview of attention for article published in Virology Journal, October 2015
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Title
Intranasal administration of poly-gamma glutamate induced antiviral activity and protective immune responses against H1N1 influenza A virus infection
Published in
Virology Journal, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12985-015-0387-0
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Eun-Ha Kim, Young-Ki Choi, Chul-Joong Kim, Moon-Hee Sung, Haryoung Poo

Abstract

The global outbreak of a novel swine-origin strain of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus and the sudden, worldwide increase in oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 influenza A viruses highlight the urgent need for novel antiviral therapy. Here, we investigated the antiviral efficacy of poly-gamma glutamate (γ-PGA), a safe and edible biomaterial that is naturally synthesized by Bacillus subtilis, against A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 (PR8) and A/California/04/2009 (CA04) H1N1 influenza A virus infections in C57BL/6 mice. Intranasal administration of γ-PGA for 5 days post-infection improved survival, increased production of antiviral cytokines including interferon-beta (IFN-β) and interleukin-12 (IL-12), and enhanced activation of natural killer (NK) cells and influenza antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) activity. These results suggest that γ-PGA protects mice against H1N1 influenza A virus by enhancing antiviral immune responses.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 17 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 29%
Researcher 5 29%
Other 2 12%
Professor 1 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 2 12%
Unknown 1 6%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 5 29%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 24%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Chemical Engineering 1 6%
Other 2 12%
Unknown 3 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 June 2016.
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#12,622,341
of 22,829,683 outputs
Outputs from Virology Journal
#1,130
of 3,043 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#119,043
of 277,991 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Virology Journal
#12
of 57 outputs
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