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Immunomodulatory activities associated with beta-glucan derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Fecha
2005-01-01Registro en:
Physiological Research. Prague 4: Acad Sciences Czech Republic, Inst Physiology, v. 54, n. 5, p. 557-564, 2005.
0862-8408
WOS:000233101100012
8845835550637809
4977572416129527
0000-0002-4292-3298
Autor
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
In this study we investigated the effect of beta-glucan derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae on fungicidal activity, cytokine production and natural killer activity. Spleen and peritoneal cells from female C57BL/6 mice, previously injected (24 or 48 h) with 20 or 100 mu g of glucan by i.p. route, were assayed. In vivo mu-glucan administration primed spleen cells for a higher production of IL-12 and TNF-alpha when S. aureus was used as a stimulus. In addition, beta-glucan increased NK spleen cells activity against YAC target cells. Some immunomodulatory activities not yet described for beta-glucan were observed in this work.