Interleukin-22 protects against post-influenza bacterial superinfection

(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers from the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France have shown in a mouse model that interleukin-22 protects against bacterial superinfections that can arise following influenza. Their research is published in the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Virology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news