Molecular mimicry of the inflammation modulatory proteins (IMPS) of poxviruses: Evasion of the inflammatory response to preserve viral habitat

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-71

  Howard, Jeremy ^a   Justus, David E ^a   Totmenin, Alexei V ^b   Shchelkunov, Sergei ^b   Kotwal, Girish J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Institute of Molecular Biology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cowpox virus; Vaccinia virus complement control protein

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CHEMOKINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INFLAMMATION MODULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIA VIRUS COMPLEMENT CONTROL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COWPOX VIRUS; EVOLUTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0031777155     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.64.1.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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