کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2178399 1549708 2012 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The role of cell types in cytomegalovirus infection in vivo
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک دانش گیاه شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The role of cell types in cytomegalovirus infection in vivo
چکیده انگلیسی

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the major viral cause of morbidity in immune compromised patients and of pre- and perinatal pathology in newborns. The clinical manifestations are highly variable and the principles which govern these differences cannot be understood without detailed knowledge on tissue specific aspects of HCMV infection. For decades the role of individual cell types during cytomegalovirus infection and disease has been discussed. The pathogenesis of mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) mirrors the human infection in many aspects. Although only MCMV infection is studied extensively at the level of organs, the relative contribution of specific cell types to viral pathogenesis in vivo has remained enigmatic. Here we discuss new approaches based on the cre/loxP-system to label nascent virus progeny or to lift a replication block. The salient aspect of this technique is the change of viral genome properties selectively in cells that express cre during infection in vivo. This allowed us to study the role of endothelial cells and hepatocytes for virus dissemination and will permit detailed studies on innate and adaptive immune responses to CMV.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Cell Biology - Volume 91, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 70–77
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