| Literature DB >> 16227799 |
S A Rahim Rezaee1, J Alastair Gracie, Iain B McInnes, David J Blackbourn.
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Kaposi's sarcoma is multifactorial, involving Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection and immune dysfunction. A KSHV protein (vOX2), fused with the Fc domain of human immunoglobulin G1 to create vOX2:Fc, suppressed neutrophil oxidative burst and inhibited the production of pro-inflammatory chemokines (IL-8 and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1) by monocyte/macrophage cells. vOX2:Fc suppressed the acute inflammatory response in mice in which neutrophil-mediated inflammation was induced by carrageenan. The data suggest that vOX2 can contribute to immune dysfunction and could have anti-inflammatory therapeutic potential.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16227799 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000189849.75699.46
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177