Saccharomyces uvarum mannoproteins stimulate a humoral immune response in mice

Yeasts discarded in industrial processes can be used as a nutritional supplement and to extract cellular components with biotechnological aims. In this study, the humoral immune response of Swiss mice treated with mannoproteins (MP) from the yeast Saccharomyces uvarum was evaluated. The mice were tr...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Patrícia Brito Darpossolo, Silas Fernandes Eto, Emerson José Venancio, Raul Jorge Hernan Castro-Goméz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2012-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000400016