Steroid hormone synthesis by Vaccinia virus suppresses the inflammatory response to infection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1269-1278

  Reading, Patrick C ^a   Moore, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Smith, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CTL; Glucocorticoid; Immunomodulation; NK cell; Virulence

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTERONE; ISOENZYME; STEROID HORMONE;

A44L GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037515650     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20022201     Document Type: Article

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