[Hemocyanins as immunostimulants].

Mollusk Hemocyanins as Natural Immunostimulants in Biomedical Applications

Hemocyanins in the Immunotherapy of Superficial Bladder Cancer

Chemoand immunotherapeutic approaches have been used to prevent recurrence of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), the most common type of superficial bladder cancer (SBC). The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for tuberculosis, which consists of an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis, is the most commonly used immunotherapeutic agent (Morales et al., 1976). Despite the successful results...

Immunostimulants: Types and Functions

Immunomodulators are natural or synthetic materials that regulate the immune system and induce innate and adaptive defense mechanisms. These substances are classified into two types, immunostimulants and immunosuppressants. Immunostimulants can enhance body's resistance against various infections through increasing the basal levels of immune response. These agents could increase the oxidative a...

Introduction and Review

Immunostimulants, which are also known as immunostimulators are substances comprising of drugs and nutrients that stimulate the immune system by inducing activation, or increasing activity of any of its components. During the last two decades very intensive investigations are carried out for the production of a novel category of biologically active substances known to the world as “Immunostimul...

Mixed Molecules of Hemocyanins from Two Different Species

By means of the improved electrophoretic technique it has been possible to study the association products which are formed when mixed and dissociated hemocyanins from two different species are reassociated. Both the dissociation and the reassociation of the hemocyanins have been produced simply by altering the pH of the solutions. Scale method electrophoretic diagrams have been used throughout ...