Re: China & Egypt Using Anti-Body Plasma Treatment to Cure Bird Flu Cases
Dextran is used in patients with volemic shock and for its supposed anti-infective properties:
From PubMed:
1: Hayashi T.
[Studies on evaluation of natural products for antiviral effects and their
applications]
Yakugaku Zasshi. 2008 Jan;128(1):61-79. Review. Japanese.
PMID: 18176057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Maa YF, Ameri M, Shu C, Payne LG, Chen D.
Influenza vaccine powder formulation development: spray-freeze-drying and
stability evaluation.
J Pharm Sci. 2004 Jul;93(7):1912-23.
PMID: 15176078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Oehler C, Kopitz J, Cantz M.
Substrate specificity and inhibitor studies of a membrane-bound ganglioside
sialidase isolated from human brain tissue.
Biol Chem. 2002 Nov;383(11):1735-42.
PMID: 12530538 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Bergstrom DE, Lin X, Wood TD, Witvrouw M, Ikeda S, Andrei G, Snoeck R, Schols
D, De Clercq E.
Polysulfonates derived from metal thiolate complexes as inhibitors of HIV-1 and
various other enveloped viruses in vitro.
Antivir Chem Chemother. 2002 May;13(3):185-95.
PMID: 12448691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Matiushichev VB, Potapenko LB, Dement'ev AA, Sokolov IN.
[Purification of antibodies for fluorescent diagnosis in influenza]
Klin Lab Diagn. 2002 Feb;(2):19-21. Russian. No abstract available.
PMID: 11899523 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Ramalho-Santos J, de Lima MC.
Fusion and infection of influenza and Sendai viruses as modulated by dextran
sulfate: a comparative study.
Biosci Rep. 2001 Jun;21(3):293-304.
PMID: 11892996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Gambaryan AS, Matrosovich MN, Bender CA, Kilbourne ED.
Differences in the biological phenotype of low-yielding (L) and high-yielding (H)
variants of swine influenza virus A/NJ/11/76 are associated with their different
receptor-binding activity.
Virology. 1998 Aug 1;247(2):223-31.
PMID: 9705915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Hosoya M, Shigeta S, Ishii T, Suzuki H, De Clercq E.
Comparative inhibitory effects of various nucleoside and nonnucleoside analogues
on replication of influenza virus types A and B in vitro and in ovo.
J Infect Dis. 1993 Sep;168(3):641-6.
PMID: 8354905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: L?scher-Mattli M, Gl?ck R, Kempf C, Zanoni-Grassi M.
A comparative study of the effect of dextran sulfate on the fusion and the in
vitro replication of influenza A and B, Semliki Forest, vesicular stomatitis,
rabies, Sendai, and mumps virus.
Arch Virol. 1993;130(3-4):317-26.
PMID: 8517791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Krumbiegel M, Dimitrov DS, Puri A, Blumenthal R.
Dextran sulfate inhibits fusion of influenza virus and cells expressing influenza
hemagglutinin with red blood cells.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1992 Oct 5;1110(2):158-64.
PMID: 1390844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Herrmann A, Korte T, Arnold K, Hillebrecht B.
The influence of dextran sulfate on influenza A virus fusion with erythrocyte
membranes.
Antiviral Res. 1992 Oct 1;19(4):295-311.
PMID: 1463322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Balzarini J, Neyts J, Schols D, Hosoya M, Van Damme E, Peumans W, De Clercq
E.
The mannose-specific plant lectins from Cymbidium hybrid and Epipactis
helleborine and the (N-acetylglucosamine)n-specific plant lectin from Urtica
dioica are potent and selective inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus and
cytomegalovirus replication in vitro.
Antiviral Res. 1992 Jun;18(2):191-207.
PMID: 1329650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13: Hosoya M, Balzarini J, Shigeta S, De Clercq E.
Differential inhibitory effects of sulfated polysaccharides and polymers on the
replication of various myxoviruses and retroviruses, depending on the composition
of the target amino acid sequences of the viral envelope glycoproteins.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2515-20.
PMID: 1725692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14: L?scher-Mattli M, Gl?ck R.
Dextran sulfate inhibits the fusion of influenza virus with model membranes, and
suppresses influenza virus replication in vivo.
Antiviral Res. 1990 Jul;14(1):39-50.
PMID: 2080868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
15: De Clercq E.
Selective virus inhibitors.
Microbiologica. 1990 Apr;13(2):165-78. Review.
PMID: 1693749 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
16: Masihi KN, Brehmer W, Lange W, Ribi E, Schwartzman S.
Protective effect of muramyl dipeptide analogs in combination with trehalose
dimycolate against aerogenic influenza virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infections in mice.
J Biol Response Mod. 1984 Dec;3(6):663-71.
PMID: 6439830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
17: Kuo CC, Wang SP, Grayston JT.
Effect of polycations, polyanions and neuraminidase on the infectivity of
trachoma-inclusin conjunctivitis and lymphogranuloma venereum organisms HeLa
cells: sialic acid residues as possible receptors for trachoma-inclusion
conjunction.
Infect Immun. 1973 Jul;8(1):74-9.
PMID: 4718924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Dextran is used in patients with volemic shock and for its supposed anti-infective properties:
From PubMed:
1: Hayashi T.
[Studies on evaluation of natural products for antiviral effects and their
applications]
Yakugaku Zasshi. 2008 Jan;128(1):61-79. Review. Japanese.
PMID: 18176057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Maa YF, Ameri M, Shu C, Payne LG, Chen D.
Influenza vaccine powder formulation development: spray-freeze-drying and
stability evaluation.
J Pharm Sci. 2004 Jul;93(7):1912-23.
PMID: 15176078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Oehler C, Kopitz J, Cantz M.
Substrate specificity and inhibitor studies of a membrane-bound ganglioside
sialidase isolated from human brain tissue.
Biol Chem. 2002 Nov;383(11):1735-42.
PMID: 12530538 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Bergstrom DE, Lin X, Wood TD, Witvrouw M, Ikeda S, Andrei G, Snoeck R, Schols
D, De Clercq E.
Polysulfonates derived from metal thiolate complexes as inhibitors of HIV-1 and
various other enveloped viruses in vitro.
Antivir Chem Chemother. 2002 May;13(3):185-95.
PMID: 12448691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Matiushichev VB, Potapenko LB, Dement'ev AA, Sokolov IN.
[Purification of antibodies for fluorescent diagnosis in influenza]
Klin Lab Diagn. 2002 Feb;(2):19-21. Russian. No abstract available.
PMID: 11899523 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Ramalho-Santos J, de Lima MC.
Fusion and infection of influenza and Sendai viruses as modulated by dextran
sulfate: a comparative study.
Biosci Rep. 2001 Jun;21(3):293-304.
PMID: 11892996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Gambaryan AS, Matrosovich MN, Bender CA, Kilbourne ED.
Differences in the biological phenotype of low-yielding (L) and high-yielding (H)
variants of swine influenza virus A/NJ/11/76 are associated with their different
receptor-binding activity.
Virology. 1998 Aug 1;247(2):223-31.
PMID: 9705915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Hosoya M, Shigeta S, Ishii T, Suzuki H, De Clercq E.
Comparative inhibitory effects of various nucleoside and nonnucleoside analogues
on replication of influenza virus types A and B in vitro and in ovo.
J Infect Dis. 1993 Sep;168(3):641-6.
PMID: 8354905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: L?scher-Mattli M, Gl?ck R, Kempf C, Zanoni-Grassi M.
A comparative study of the effect of dextran sulfate on the fusion and the in
vitro replication of influenza A and B, Semliki Forest, vesicular stomatitis,
rabies, Sendai, and mumps virus.
Arch Virol. 1993;130(3-4):317-26.
PMID: 8517791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Krumbiegel M, Dimitrov DS, Puri A, Blumenthal R.
Dextran sulfate inhibits fusion of influenza virus and cells expressing influenza
hemagglutinin with red blood cells.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1992 Oct 5;1110(2):158-64.
PMID: 1390844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Herrmann A, Korte T, Arnold K, Hillebrecht B.
The influence of dextran sulfate on influenza A virus fusion with erythrocyte
membranes.
Antiviral Res. 1992 Oct 1;19(4):295-311.
PMID: 1463322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Balzarini J, Neyts J, Schols D, Hosoya M, Van Damme E, Peumans W, De Clercq
E.
The mannose-specific plant lectins from Cymbidium hybrid and Epipactis
helleborine and the (N-acetylglucosamine)n-specific plant lectin from Urtica
dioica are potent and selective inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus and
cytomegalovirus replication in vitro.
Antiviral Res. 1992 Jun;18(2):191-207.
PMID: 1329650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13: Hosoya M, Balzarini J, Shigeta S, De Clercq E.
Differential inhibitory effects of sulfated polysaccharides and polymers on the
replication of various myxoviruses and retroviruses, depending on the composition
of the target amino acid sequences of the viral envelope glycoproteins.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2515-20.
PMID: 1725692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14: L?scher-Mattli M, Gl?ck R.
Dextran sulfate inhibits the fusion of influenza virus with model membranes, and
suppresses influenza virus replication in vivo.
Antiviral Res. 1990 Jul;14(1):39-50.
PMID: 2080868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
15: De Clercq E.
Selective virus inhibitors.
Microbiologica. 1990 Apr;13(2):165-78. Review.
PMID: 1693749 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
16: Masihi KN, Brehmer W, Lange W, Ribi E, Schwartzman S.
Protective effect of muramyl dipeptide analogs in combination with trehalose
dimycolate against aerogenic influenza virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infections in mice.
J Biol Response Mod. 1984 Dec;3(6):663-71.
PMID: 6439830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
17: Kuo CC, Wang SP, Grayston JT.
Effect of polycations, polyanions and neuraminidase on the infectivity of
trachoma-inclusin conjunctivitis and lymphogranuloma venereum organisms HeLa
cells: sialic acid residues as possible receptors for trachoma-inclusion
conjunction.
Infect Immun. 1973 Jul;8(1):74-9.
PMID: 4718924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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