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Modulation of host gene expression and innate immunity by viruses /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Palese, Peter, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Norwell, MA : Springer, [2005]
Subjects:
Immunologic Factors.
Viral Interference > immunology.
Immunity > physiology.
Interferons.
Immune System Diseases > etiology.
Viruses > immunology.
Table of Contents:
  • Viruses and the innate immune system
  • How viruses elicit interferon production
  • Genes modlulated by interferons and double-stranded RNA
  • Immunoevasive strategies : host and virus
  • Interferon antagonists of influenza viruses
  • The anti-interferon mechanisms of paramyxoviruses
  • The strategy of conquest
  • Immunomodulation by poxviruses
  • Interferon antagonists encoded by emerging RNA viruses
  • Viral pathogenesis and toll-like receptors
  • Digesting oneself and digesting microbes
  • Genetic variation in host defenses and viral infections