The NS2 protein of human respiratory syncytial virus suppresses the cytotoxic T-cell response as a consequence of suppressing the type I interferon response

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5958-5967

  Kotelkin, Alexander ^a   Belyakov, Igor M ^b   Yang, Lijuan ^a   Berzofsky, Jay A ^b   Collins, Peter L ^a   Bukreyev, Alexander ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROTEIN NS1; PROTEIN NS2; STAT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL KILLING; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE DELETION; HOST RANGE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS MUTANT;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HYDRANGEA RINGSPOT VIRUS;

EID: 33744903380     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00181-06     Document Type: Article

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