Relationships between ceruloplasmin and viral immunity.
Experimental data are reviewed with reference to the role of ceruloplasmin as a nonspecific factor of viral immunity. Ceruloplasmin would act a) by an inhibition of virus multiplication, resulting in a "slow-motion" infection, which promotes immunization; b) by leading to the synthesis of a virus population rich in defective interfering particles, and c) by the direct modulation of the immune response.
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007109:Immunity / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000187:drug effects; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000187:drug effects; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D002570:Ceruloplasmin