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Impact of iridovirus and methisoprinol on immunocompetent cells isolated from African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell), under in vitro conditions Cover

Impact of iridovirus and methisoprinol on immunocompetent cells isolated from African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell), under in vitro conditions

Open Access
|Apr 2011

Abstract

Experiments to assess the effectiveness of the immunostimulator methisoprinol (Polfa Grodzisk Pharmaceuticals, Poland) focused on its impact on the innate immune response. The impact of different doses of methisoprinol on organ leukocytes isolated from the kidneys and spleens of African catfish that were subjected to or not subjected to the suppressive impact of iridovirus. The results indicate that the addition of methisoprinol causes increased respiratory burst activity (RBA), potential killing activity (PKA), and proliferative activity of lymphocytes T and B in response to mitogens. Methisoprinol stimulates the mechanisms of cellular immunity that are linked to the activation of T lymphocytes, which can impact the antiviral activity of this preparation after its application in vivo.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10086-011-0004-9 | Journal eISSN: 2545-059X | Journal ISSN: 2545-0255
Language: English
Page range: 31 - 36
Published on: Apr 25, 2011
Published by: Stanisław Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2011 Barbara Kazuń, Andrzej Siwicki, published by Stanisław Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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