藥學前沿大講堂第113講-Influenza Virus and Antiviral Research

題  目：Influenza Virus and Antiviral Research

報告人：Kaio Kitazato (Hai-Ou Li), Ph.D, Associate Professor

        Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University.

主持人：徐峻 教授

太阳集团1088vip

時  間：2012年3月21日（周三）下午3:00

地  點：中山大學東校區太阳集团1088vip 125講學廳

報告人簡介：

Influenza A virus (IAV) is a segmented, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. It causes influenza, an acute, highly transmissible respiratory infectious disease in humans and animals. Annual seasonal epidemics and occasional pandemics of influenza result in significant morbidity and mortality in both humans and animals worldwide. The emergence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, which was associated with a mortality rate in excess of 50% in infected individuals, as well as the 2009 flu pandemic, a global outbreak of a new swine-origin strain of H1N1 influenza virus, have raised significant public-health concerns about the emergence of a potential novel highly pathogenic pandemic influenza virus strain.

In this talk, I will briefly review the current topics in influenza virus research and anti-influenza drug development. Also, I will introduce our studies on antiviral researches using natural compound derived from TCM, and possible mechanisms of pentagalloylglucose (PGG), a polyphenolic compound, against influenza A viruses. 

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