| Literature DB >> 25676874 |
Jianzhong Zhu1, Arundhati Ghosh1, Saumendra N Sarkar2.
Abstract
The cellular innate immune system plays a crucial role in mounting the initial resistance to virus infection. It is comprised of various pattern-recognition receptors that induce type I interferon production, which further shapes the adaptive immunity. However, to overcome this resistance and promote replication, viruses have evolved mechanisms to evade this host innate immune response. Here we discuss a recently described mechanism of boosting the innate immunity by oligoadenylate synthetase-like (OASL) protein, which can potentially be used to overcome viral evasion and enhance innate immunity.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25676874 PMCID: PMC4470762 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2015.01.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Virol ISSN: 1879-6257 Impact factor: 7.090