Journal article
Curcumin Can Decrease Tissue Inflammation and the Severity of HSV-2 Infection in the Female Reproductive Mucosa
Abstract
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted viruses and is a known risk factor for HIV acquisition in the Female Genital Tract (FGT). Previously, we found that curcumin can block HSV-2 infection and abrogate the production of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by genital epithelial cells in vitro. In this study, we investigated whether curcumin, encapsulated in nanoparticles and delivered by various …
Authors
Vitali D; Bagri P; Wessels JM; Arora M; Ganugula R; Parikh A; Mandur T; Felker A; Garg S; Kumar MNVR
Journal
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 1,
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/ijms21010337
ISSN
1661-6596