title: [Recurrent herpes labialis infections: cellular immunity and immunomodulation].
abstract: The therapy with thymus extracts, oral and parenteral, reduced the frequency and the intensity of recurrences of herpes labialis infections. The duration of the effect was at least 6 month after interruption of the therapy. Indomethacin was effective and developed and intensive effect only during the therapy. The skin test with recall-antigens and the neopterin-elimination were altered at the first day of the menstruation during the recurrence. The normalisation succeeded during therapy. In patients with recurrences in the perimenstrual time we observed a reduced T-helper/T-suppressor index during the first day of menstruation. Normal data were registered out of the recurrence time and/or under therapy. Inhibitors of the lymphokine: leucocyte/migration inhibitory factor (LIF) with a molecular weight of 6-12 KD were obtained with the specific stimulation of mononuclear cells of patients with recurrent infections with herpes labialis using the herpes-virus-1 antigen. The inhibition of fibrinolysis/proteolysis with aprotinin, tranexamic acid, phenyl-methyl-sulphonyl-fluoride and di-isopropyl-fluorophosphate could prevent the appearance of inhibitors. Inhibitors could be produced by splitting the LIF-molecule with urokinase and plasminogen but not with trypsin. The production, but not the activity, of present LIF-inhibitors are blocked in vivo and in vitro by indomethacin and thymus peptides.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Coeugniet
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006560:Herpes Labialis / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007961:Leukocyte Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000032:analysis; D012008:Recurrence; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D013949:Thymus Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D007961:Leukocyte Migration-Inhibitory Factors; D013949:Thymus Extracts; C031407:thymostimulin; D007213:Indomethacin
vernacular_title: Rezidivierende Herpes-labialis-Infektionen: Zellvermittelte Immunität und Immunomodulation.