{"title":"Approaches to the stabilization of interferons.","authors":"J J Sedmak, S E Grossberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Considerable effort has been expended in the past few years toward establishing an armamentarium of different techniques to stabilize naturally produced alpha-and beta-interferons, particularly the beta type in view of its greater lability. Of the techniques reported, it seems that addition of various proteins, rare earth salts, and use of acid pH conditions may be the most useful since they are relatively nontoxic and protect against both thermal and mechanical stress inactivation. Little has so far been reported on the stability of recombinant DNA-derived interferons. It is unlikely that they will be any more stable when they are purified than the natural human interferons. To generate stable preparations of these bacteria-produced interferons for clinical use it is important to establish different nontoxic techniques and approaches to prevent inactivation of these interferons during preparation, processing, concentration, purification and storage.</p>","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"274-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17869767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Purification and properties of murine interferon.","authors":"Y Kawade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"219-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17248759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transmission of IFN-induced activities by cell to cell communication.","authors":"J E Blalock, S Baron, H M Johnson, G J Stanton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In conclusion, many of the activities of IFN are transmissible between cells and may involve more than one transfer mechanism. These mechanisms probably involve secondary messenger molecules which are shared with hormones and act at the transcriptional level. The transfer system seems to be a major amplification process for IFN action. It will be interesting in the future to determine the spectra of IFN activities which are transferable as well as the processes involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"344-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17250113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interferon-mediated changes in lipid metabolism.","authors":"K A Chandrabose, P Cuatrecasas, R Pottathil","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"499-508"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17253606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synergistic antiviral effects of interferon plus antibody against acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis viruses, herpes virus and adenovirus.","authors":"M P Langford, G J Stanton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"538-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17253609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antitumor effects of interferon and poly ICLC, and their possible utility as anti-neoplastic agents in man.","authors":"H B Levy, A S Levine","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"653-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17253624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Revel, A Kimchi, M Friedman, D Wolf, G Merlin, A Panet, S Rapoport, Y Lapidot
{"title":"Cell-regulatory functions of interferon induced enzymes: antimitogenic effect of (2'-5')oligo-A, growth-related variations in (2'-5')oligo-A synthetase, and isolation of its mRNA.","authors":"M Revel, A Kimchi, M Friedman, D Wolf, G Merlin, A Panet, S Rapoport, Y Lapidot","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"452-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17253716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular mechanisms of action of interferon.","authors":"C Baglioni, T W Nilsen, P A Maroney, F de Ferra","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"471-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17253717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Baron, V Howie, M Langford, E M Macdonald, G J Stanton, J Reitmeyer, D A Weigent
{"title":"Induction of interferon by bacteria, protozoa, and viruses: defensive role.","authors":"S Baron, V Howie, M Langford, E M Macdonald, G J Stanton, J Reitmeyer, D A Weigent","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interferon is established as one of the natural defenses against virus infection. The evidence that interferon may serve a defensive role against certain protozoa is less complete and consists mainly of induction of interferon during protozoal infection, as well as interferon protection of mice against malarial infection. The evidence that interferon may function as a defense against certain bacterial infections is extended with data indicating that a wide variety of bacteria can induce interferon in the mouse and in cultured human peripheral lymphoid cells. This induction of interferon by bacteria and the ability of interferon under many conditions to activate neutrophils and macrophages raises the possibility that interferon may serve a defensive role against some bacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":76584,"journal":{"name":"Texas reports on biology and medicine","volume":"41 ","pages":"150-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17248747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}