T Cell Inactivation by Poxviral B22 Family Proteins Increases Viral Virulence
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T Cell Inactivation by Poxviral B22 Family Proteins Increases Viral Virulence
Infections with monkeypox, cowpox and weaponized variola virus remain a threat to the increasingly unvaccinated human population, but little is known about their mechanisms of virulence and immune evasion. We now demonstrate that B22 proteins, encoded by the largest genes of these viruses, render human T cells unresponsive to stimulation of the T cell receptor by MHC-dependent antigen presentat...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004123