Noncytolytic clearance of sindbis virus infection from neurons by gamma interferon is dependent on Jak/Stat signaling

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3429-3435

  Burdeinick Kerr, Rebeca ^a   Govindarajan, Dhanasekaran ^a,b   Griffin, Diane E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE; STAT PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TYROSINE; STAT1 PROTEIN, RAT; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; INFECTION CONTROL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPINAL GANGLION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERFERON-GAMMA; JANUS KINASES; NEURONS; RATS; RNA, VIRAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 64049111437     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02381-08     Document Type: Article

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