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Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 1/2020

01-12-2020 | Herpes Virus | Research article

Protective effect of total flavonoids from Ixeris Sonchifolia on herpes simplex virus keratitis in mice

Authors: Yong-Qiang Wang, Li Cai, Nan Zhang, Jing Zhang, Hai-Hong Wang, Wei Zhu

Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

To investigate the protective effect of Ixeris Sonchifolia (Bae.) Hance (ISH) extract on herpes simplex virus keratitis (HSK) in mice.

Methods

A mouse model of HSK was established by inoculating 60 mice (60 right eyes) with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) by corneal scratch. The other 15 mice as blank control only received corneal scratch but without HSV-1. From the 2nd day after the successful modeling, the experimental group was fed with ISH total flavonoids (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg) orally, twice a day for 14 days. The model group and control group were given the same amount of normal saline. The pathological changes of cornea were observed once a day by slit lamp microscopy combined with fluorescein staining. The corneal histopathological examination, the survival status and the serum levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4 and interferon-gama (INF-γ) were performed at the end of the experiment.

Results

The result showed that ISH could significantly improve the corneal lesion degree, increase mice survival rate, and markedly increase the levels of IL-2 and INF-γ, reduce the levels of IL-4 in serum of mice.

Conclusions

ISH could increase the anti-virus ability, promote the healing of corneal inflammation and alleviate the pathological damage of cornea, which suggested that ISH has a potential and valuable therapeutic effect on the HSK.
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Metadata
Title
Protective effect of total flavonoids from Ixeris Sonchifolia on herpes simplex virus keratitis in mice
Authors
Yong-Qiang Wang
Li Cai
Nan Zhang
Jing Zhang
Hai-Hong Wang
Wei Zhu
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Herpes Virus
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 2662-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-020-02911-w

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