Elevated IL-6 receptor expression on CD4+ T cells contributes to the increased Th17 responses in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) is the cause of a chronic immune complex disease, Aleutian disease (AD), which is common in mink-producing countries. In 2005, implementation of an AMDV eradication programme in Finland created a need for an automated high-throughput assay. The aim of this study was to vali...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Knuuttila A,Aronen P,Eerola M,Gardner IA,Virtala AM,Vapalahti O

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:R849 is a neurovirulent γ₁34.5 gene-deficient form of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and has LacZ genes at the deleted sites of the γ₁34.5 gene. HF is a spontaneously occurring, fusogenic HSV-1 strain. The purpose of this work was to generate a virus that has the syncytial character of HF, while preserv...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Takaoka H,Takahashi G,Ogawa F,Imai T,Iwai S,Yura Y

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human Rhinovirus (HRV) and human Metapneumo Virus (HMPV) are important viral pathogens causing acute respiratory tract infections in the hospitalized patients. Sensitive and accurate detection of RSV, HRV and HMPV is necessary for clinical diagnosis and treatment. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Feng ZS,Zhao L,Wang J,Qiu FZ,Zhao MC,Wang L,Duan SX,Zhang RQ,Chen C,Qi JJ,Fan T,Li GX,Ma XJ

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An 80-year-old man with no history of an immune-compromising disorder was diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). He presented with dysphagia and left-sided weakness; magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated marked signal abnormality in the subcortical white matter of the left frontal lobe and ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Vaklavas C,Sotelo-Rafiq EP,Lovy J,Escobar MA,Tsimberidou AM

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are serious complications in lung transplant recipients. No consensus on EBV DNAemia levels predictive of PTLD has been reached. In addition, in many instances EBV DNAemia is determined in patients with suggestive symptoms only. METHODS:The characteristic...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Baldanti F,Rognoni V,Cascina A,Oggionni T,Tinelli C,Meloni F

更新日期：2011-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ESCRT (endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery functions to sort cellular receptors into the lumen of the multivesicular body (MVB) prior to lysosomal degradation. ESCRT components can also be recruited by enveloped viruses to sites of viral assembly where they have been proposed to m...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Valiathan RR,Resh MD

更新日期：2008-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian influenza virus H9N2 isolates cause a mild influenza-like illness in humans. However, the pathogenesis of the H9N2 subtypes in human remains to be investigated. Using a human alveolar epithelial cell line A549 as host, we found that A/Quail/Hong Kong/G1/97 (H9N2/G1), which shares 6 viral "internal genes" with th...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Lee DC,Mok CK,Law AH,Peiris M,Lau AS

更新日期：2010-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The major obstacle to cure of HIV type-1 infection is the presence of the HIV reservoir, hidden from the immune system and insensitive to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). Eradication approaches have been hindered by the difficulty for accurately monitoring its size in vivo, especially in the lymphoid ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Rochat MA,Schlaepfer E,Kuster SP,Li D,Audige A,Ivic S,Fahrny A,Speck RF

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza virus infections are responsible for significant morbidity worldwide and therefore it remains a high priority to develop more broadly protective vaccines. Adjuvation of current seasonal influenza vaccines has the potential to achieve this goal. METHODS:To assess the immune potentiating properties ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Cox F,Saeland E,Baart M,Koldijk M,Tolboom J,Dekking L,Koudstaal W,Lövgren Bengtsson K,Goudsmit J,Radošević K

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of frameshift mutations within the 3a gene has been observed in culture-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). We report here that viral RNA from clinical samples obtained from SARS-CoV infected patients also contains a heterogeneous population of wild-type and mutant 3a transcripts...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Tan TH,Barkham T,Fielding BC,Chou CF,Shen S,Lim SG,Hong W,Tan YJ

更新日期：2005-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:While improved drug regimens have greatly enhanced outcomes for patients with chronic viral infection, antiviral therapy is still not ideal due to drug toxicities, treatment costs, primary drug failure and emergent resistance. New antiviral agents, alternative treatment strategies and a better understanding of viral p...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Sallie R

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne, arthrogenic Alphavirus that causes large epidemics in Africa, South-East Asia and India. Recently, CHIKV has been transmitted to humans in Southern Europe by invading and now established Asian tiger mosquitoes. To study the processing of envelope proteins E1 and...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Metz SW,Geertsema C,Martina BE,Andrade P,Heldens JG,van Oers MM,Goldbach RW,Vlak JM,Pijlman GP

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal influenza A virus infection is a major threat to public health throughout the world. Lung macrophages and neutrophils have critical roles for both the pathogenesis and viral clearance of fatal viral infections. These are complicated by the interaction of innate immunity and adaptive immunity against viral infect...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Lv J,Hua Y,Wang D,Liu A,An J,Li A,Wang Y,Wang X,Jia N,Jiang Q

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple studies proved that miRNAs have a causal role in tumorigenesis. Some miRNAs are regulated by epigenetic alterations in their promoter regions and can be activated by chromatin- modifying drugs. METHODS:We treated cervical cancer cells with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and get a microarray analysis. Dysre...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Yao T,Rao Q,Liu L,Zheng C,Xie Q,Liang J,Lin Z

更新日期：2013-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Capripoxvirus, Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) has a restricted host-range and is being investigated as a novel HIV-1 vaccine vector. LSDV does not complete its replication cycle in non-ruminant hosts. METHODS:The safety of LSDV was tested at doses of 104 and 106 plaque forming units in two strains of i...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Shen YJ,Shephard E,Douglass N,Johnston N,Adams C,Williamson C,Williamson AL

更新日期：2011-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：: Previously, we explored the epidemic pattern and molecular characterization of enteroviruses isolated in Chungnam, Korea from 2005 to 2006. The present study extended these observations to 2008 and 2009. In this study, enteroviruses showed similar seasonal prevalent pattern from summer to fall and age distribution to...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Baek K,Yeo S,Lee B,Park K,Song J,Yu J,Rheem I,Kim J,Hwang S,Choi Y,Cheon D,Park J

更新日期：2011-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated malignancy remain a main cause of cancer in men and women. Cancer immunotherapy has represented great potential as a new promising cancer therapeutic approach. Here, we report Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a carrier for the delivery of oncolytic Newcastle disease viru...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Keshavarz M,Ebrahimzadeh MS,Miri SM,Dianat-Moghadam H,Ghorbanhosseini SS,Mohebbi SR,Keyvani H,Ghaemi A

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhabdoviridae is one of the most ecologically diverse families of RNA viruses which can infect a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates. Bats, among mammals, are pointed to harbor a significantly higher proportion of unknown or emerging viruses with zoonotic potential. Herein, we report the isolation of...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Lelli D,Prosperi A,Moreno A,Chiapponi C,Gibellini AM,De Benedictis P,Leopardi S,Sozzi E,Lavazza A

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction of conditionally-replicative Adenovirus (CRAd) is complex and time-consuming. While homologous recombination (HR) using a two-plasmid system in bacteria is commonly used to generate CRAds, alternative methods may be required when HR fails. Previously, in vitro ligation has been suggested to faci...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Haviv YS

更新日期：2009-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A novel human enterovirus (HEV) type within the species HEV-C, named EV109, was discovered from cases of respiratory illness in Nicaragua in September 2010. The aim of this study, was to retrospectively examine the presence and the role of EV109 in respiratory samples from two patients populations; infants b...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Debiaggi M,Ceresola ER,Sampaolo M,Alessandrino EP,Brerra R,Piazza A,Clementi M,Canducci F

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cotton blue disease (CBD), an important global cotton crop pathology responsible for major economic losses, is prevalent in the major cotton-producing states of Brazil. Typical CBD symptoms include stunting due to internodal shortening, leaf rolling, intense green foliage, and yellowing veins. Atypical CBD s...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Silva TF,Corrêa RL,Castilho Y,Silvie P,Bélot JL,Vaslin MF

更新日期：2008-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In the study, a method called "hardening in liquid phase" for preparing chitosan granules with glutaraldehyde as crosslinker and Tween 80 as surfactant and paraffin liquid as dispersant was established. The chitosan granules were light yellow and insoluble in water or oil, but they swelled in acid solution a...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Li D

更新日期：2010-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) congenital infection is the major viral cause of well-documented birth defects in human. Because CMV is species-specific, the main obstacle to developing animal models for congenital infection is the difference in placental architecture, which preludes virus transmission across the plac...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Loh HS,Mohd-Lila MA,Abdul-Rahman SO,Kiew LJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TAR RNA of HIV was engineered as an siRNA delivery vehicle to develop a combinatorial therapeutic approach. The TAR backbone was found to be a versatile backbone for expressing siRNAs. Upon expression in human cells, pronounced and specific inhibition of reporter gene expression was observed with TARmiR. The resul...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Unwalla HJ,Rossi JJ

更新日期：2010-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Host serine proteases are essential for the influenza virus life cycle because the viral haemagglutinin is synthesized as a precursor which requires proteolytic maturation. Therefore, we studied the activity and expression of serine proteases in lungs from mice infected with influenza and evaluated the effec...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Bahgat MM,Błazejewska P,Schughart K

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Six major Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and hundreds of subtypes have been identified globally. All these genotypes are generally studied for epidemiology, their vaccine development and clinical management. This article comments the frequency distribution of various HCV genotypes circulate in different areas/distr...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Ali A,Ahmed H,Idrees M

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The viral genome of hepatitis C virus constitutes a 9.6-kb single-stranded positive-sense RNA which encodes altogether 11 viral proteins. In order to study the humoral immune responses against different HCV proteins in patients suffering from chronic HCV infection, we produced three structural (core, E1 and ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Sillanpää M,Melén K,Porkka P,Fagerlund R,Nevalainen K,Lappalainen M,Julkunen I

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and different HCV genotypes show characteristic variations in their pathological properties. Insulin resistance (IR) occurs early in HCV infection and may synergize with viral hepatitis in HCC development. Egypt ...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Mohamed AA,Loutfy SA,Craik JD,Hashem AG,Siam I

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem with more than 170 million cases of chronic infections worldwide. There is no protective vaccine currently available for HCV, therefore the development of novel strategy to prevent chronic infection is important. We reported earlier that a re...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Chandra PK,Hazari S,Poat B,Gunduz F,Prabhu R,Liu G,Burioni R,Clementi M,Garry RF,Dash S

更新日期：2010-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV expressed in genital secretions provides the inoculum from which transmitting variants are selected, both in sexual transmission and mother-to-infant transmission during partuition. Characterization of HIV levels and genotypes found in vaginal secretions and the impact of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) on this viru...

journal_title：Virology journal

authors： Randolph TC,Kissinger PJ,Clark RA,Lacour N,Amedee AM

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00