Publications Research group Knolle

Hepatol Res. 2013 May .

Inactivated Orf virus (Parapoxvirus ovis) elicits antifibrotic activity in models of liver fibrosis.

Nowatzky J, Knorr A, Hirth-Dietrich C, Siegling A, Volk HD, Limmer A, Knolle P, Weber O

Inactivated Orf virus (ORFV, Parapoxvirus ovis) demonstrates strong antiviral activity in animal models including a human hepatitis B virus (HBV)-transgenic mouse. In addition, expression of interferon (IFN)-γ and interleukin-10 (IL-10) was induced after administration of inactivated ORFV in these mice. IFN-γ and IL-10 are known to elicit antifibrotic activity. We therefore aimed to study antifibrotic activity of inactivated ORFV in models of liver fibrosis.

PMID: 22971208 [PubMed - in process]
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