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| VIRAL INHIBITION OF INFLAMMATION - COWPOX VIRUS ENCODES AN INHIBITOR OF THE INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA CONVERTING ENZYME |
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| Author(s): RAY CA, BLACK RA, KRONHEIM SR, GREENSTREET TA, SLEATH PR, SALVESEN GS, PICKUP DJ |
| Source: CELL Volume: 69 Issue: 4 Pages: 597-604 Published: MAY 15 1992 |
| Times Cited: 766 References: 50 |
| Abstract: Cowpox virus effectively inhibits inflammatory responses against viral infection in the chick embryo. This study demonstrates that one of the viral genes necessary for this inhibition, the crmA gene (a cytokine response modifier gene), encodes a serpin that is a specific inhibitor of the interleukin-1-beta converting enzyme. This serpin can prevent the proteolytic activation of interleukin-1-beta, thereby suppressing an interleukin-1-beta response to infection. However, the modification of this single cytokine response is not sufficient to inhibit inflammatory responses. This suggests that cowpox virus encodes several cytokine response modifiers that act together to inhibit the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines in response to infection. These viral counter measures to host defenses against infection may contribute significantly to the pathology associated with poxvirus infections. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: RAY, CA (reprint author), DUKE UNIV, MED CTR, DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL, DURHAM, NC 27710 USA |
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1. DUKE UNIV, MED CTR, DEPT PATHOL, DURHAM, NC 27710 USA
2. IMMUNEX CORP, DEPT PROT CHEM, SEATTLE, WA 98101 USA |
| Publisher: CELL PRESS, 1050 MASSACHUSETTES AVE, CIRCULATION DEPT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Cell Biology |
| IDS Number: HV089 |
| ISSN: 0092-8674 |
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