Murine Cytomegalovirus CC Chemokine Homolog MCK-2 (m131-129) Is a Determinant of Dissemination That Increases Inflammation at Initial Sites of Infection
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The murine cytomegalovirus chemokine homolog, m131/129, is a determinant of viral pathogenicity.
Chemokines are important mediators of the early inflammatory response to infection and modify a wide range of host immune responses. Functional homologs of cellular chemokines have been identified in a number of herpesviruses, suggesting that the subversion of the host chemokine response contributes to the pathogenesis of these viruses. Transcriptional and reverse transcription-PCR analyses dem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.20.9966-9976.2001