Helminth infection reactivates latent γ-herpesvirus via cytokine competition at a viral promoter [PDF]
, 2014 Mammals are coinfected by multiple pathogens that interact through unknown mechanisms. We found that helminth infection, characterized by the induction of the cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4) and the activation of the transcription factor Stat6, reactivated
Artyomov, M.N. +18 more
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Life, 2022 Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is considered one of the most common diseases in the ear, nose and throat (ENT) practice. The cause of adenoid hypertrophy in children is still unknown.
Iuliia Lomaeva +6 more
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Potential Application of the CRISPR/Cas9 System against Herpesvirus Infections. [PDF]
, 2018 The CRISPR/Cas9 system has been applied in the genome editing and disruption of latent infections for herpesviruses such as the herpes simplex virus, Epstein⁻Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
Chen, Yuan-Chuan +3 more
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Significance of confirming Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antibody as tumor marker [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007 Backgrounnd/Aim. Study of the association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the tumors of the nasopharynx renders an opportunity to introduce causal treatment.
Stošić-Divjak Svetlana +5 more
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A murine herpesvirus closely related to ubiquitous human herpesviruses causes T-cell depletion [PDF]
, 2017 The human roseoloviruses human herpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A), HHV-6B, and HHV-7 comprise the Roseolovirus genus of the human Betaherpesvirinae subfamily. Infections with these viruses have been implicated in many
Beatrice Plougastel-Douglas +11 more
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Clinical protection of goats against CpHV-1 induced genital disease with a BoHV-4-based vector expressing CpHV-1 gD. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Caprine herpesvirus type 1 (CpHV-1) is an alphaherpesvirus causing genital disease leading to abortion in adult pregnant goats and a systemic disease with high morbility and mortality in kids.
Gaetano Donofrio +10 more
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Chromatin Profiles of Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus-6A [PDF]
, 2019 Human herpesvirus-6A (HHV-6A) and 6B (HHV-6B) are two closely related betaherpesviruses that are associated with various diseases including seizures and encephalitis.
Boyd, Joseph R. +12 more
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Genome signatures, self-organizing maps and higher order phylogenies: a parametric analysis [PDF]
, 2007 Genome signatures are data vectors derived from the compositional statistics of DNA. The self-organizing map (SOM) is a neural network method for the conceptualisation of relationships within complex data, such as genome signatures.
Gatherer, Derek
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Diagnostic Value of Whole-Blood and Plasma Samples in Epstein–Barr Virus Infections
Diagnostics, 2023 Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic virus classified by the World Health Organization as a class 1 carcinogen. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders are believed to be strongly related to an EBV infection.
Mateusz Rzepka +3 more
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Short communication: NKG2C+ NK cells contribute to increases in CD16+CD56- cells in HIV type 1+ individuals with high plasma viral load. [PDF]
, 2012 Chronic HIV-1 infection results in the expansion of both NKG2C+ and CD16+CD56- human natural killer cells. NKG2C+ cells proliferate in response to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and expansion of the dysfunctional CD56-CD16+ natural killer (NK) cells is ...
Bower, Mark +5 more
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