Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) regulates host defense and protects mice against herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1053-1064

  Hsia, Hung Ching ^a,b   Stopford, Charles M ^b   Zhang, Zhigang ^b   Damania, Blossom ^a,b   Baldwin, Albert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Innate immunity; Natural killer cells; Type I interferons; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOKINE; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DERIVED MACROPHAGE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS LOAD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN ALPHAHERPESVIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTEGRASES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELOID CELLS; SPLEEN; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 85017322672     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4A1016-199RR     Document Type: Article

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