Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
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Enzyme
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Query: EC:3.4.24.27 (
thermolysin
)
1,894
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The immunomodulating effects of the A fragment of recombinant human interferon-alpha 2 (rIFN-alpha 2) generated by
thermolysin
treatment was compared to that of the intact rIFN-alpha 2 and lymphoblastoid
IFN
. The A fragment was similar to intact
IFN
in augmenting natural killer (NK) activity and suppressing the proliferation of certain cell lines, but it failed to inhibit human polyclonal immunoglobulin production; rIFN-alpha 2 and lymphoblastoid
IFN
were equally effective in suppressing this in vitro system. These data suggest that the A fragment mediates certain, but not all, of the immunomodulating properties of IFN-alpha 2.
...
PMID:Immunological activities of recombinant interferon-alpha 2 and its A fragment. 361 42
