Homeopathic treatments modify inflammation but not behavioral response to influenza antigen challenge in BALB/c mice

• Published in: Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy Vol. 105; no. 3; pp. 257 - 264
• Main Authors: Siqueira, Camila Monteiro, Motta, Priscila Dias, Cardoso, Thayná Neves, de Paula Coelho, Cideli, Popi, Ana Flavia, Couceiro, José Nelson, Bonamin, Leoni Villano, Holandino, Carla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stuttgart · New York Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2016; Georg Thieme Verlag KG
• Subjects: Animals; B-Lymphocytes - immunology; Behavior; Behavior, Animal; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus - immunology; Homeopathy; Immunology; Inflammation - therapy; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype; Influenza hemagglutinin antigen; Influenza virus; Internal Medicine; Male; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Original Paper; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - immunology; Orthomyxoviridae Infections - therapy; Random Allocation; T-Lymphocyte Subsets - immunology; Thymic Factor, Circulating - chemistry; Thymulin; Thymulin; Immunology; Behavior; Influenza virus; Influenza hemagglutinin antigen; Homeopathy

Background Influenza affects thousands of people worldwide every year, motivating the development of new therapies. In this work, the effects of two homeopathic preparations (influenza biotherapies and thymulin) were chosen following two different rationales: isotherapy and endo-isotherapy models. T...