Selective B-cell expression of the MHV-68 latencyassociated M2 protein regulates T-dependent antibody response and inhibits apoptosis upon viral infection

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 94, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 1613-1623

  de Oliveira, V L ^a,b   Almeida, S C P ^a,c   Soares, H R ^a,d   Parkhouse, R M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; PROTEIN M2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GERMINAL CENTER; HEMOCYANIN; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RHADINOVIRUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HERPESVIRIDAE; MURINAE; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84879186559     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.050013-0     Document Type: Article

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