| Literature DB >> 17494063 |
Sandra Fuentes1, Kim C Tran, Priya Luthra, Michael N Teng, Biao He.
Abstract
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a member of the Paramyxoviridae family, encodes a small hydrophobic (SH) protein of unknown function. Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), a prototypical paramyxovirus, also encodes an SH protein, which inhibits tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) signaling. In this study, recombinant PIV5 viruses without their own SH but containing RSV SH (from RSV strain A2 or B1) in its place (PIV5DeltaSH-RSV SH) and RSV lacking its own SH (RSVDeltaSH) were generated and analyzed. The results indicate that the SH protein of RSV has a function similar to that of PIV5 SH and that it can inhibit TNF-alpha signaling.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17494063 PMCID: PMC1951288 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02717-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103