id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-323832-w19ump0o Mishra, Vijaya Nath Possible Role for Bacteriophages in the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2020-09-19 .txt text/plain 2881 183 52 It has also been shown that PT is effective for building immunity against viral pathogens by reducing the activation of NF kappa B; additionally, phages produce the antiviral protein phagicin. Since currently available antiviral drugs attack influenza and coronavirus after they have already infected the lung cells, it is important to target the virus and prevent infection in the first stage of viral infection. Phages in the body compete with the other highly infective eukaryotic viruses for cellular receptors and thereby restrict their harmful actions on the host cell [23] . A study of staphylococcal phages on the expression of genes which are involved in antimicrobial immunity in the A549 cell line showed that there is an increased translation of interleukin-2 (IL-2) [25] . e in vitro studies on bacteriophage influence on the ability of human viruses to infect epithelial cells ./cache/cord-323832-w19ump0o.txt ./txt/cord-323832-w19ump0o.txt