| Literature DB >> 29052141 |
Sihan Dong1, J Craig Forrest2, Xiaozhen Liang3.
Abstract
Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) is a naturally occurring pathogen of murid rodents that is genetically related to the human gammaherpesviruses Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). Viral, immunologic, and disease parameters following experimental infection of laboratory mice with MHV68 closely resemble what occurs during primary EBV infection of humans, which suggests that MHV68 infection of mice offers a small animal model to study in general the pathogenesis of gammaherpesvirus infections. Diseases elicited by MHV68 infection include lymphoproliferative diseases, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and autoimmune diseases, ailments also associated with EBV infection of humans. Furthermore, MHV68 infection also is linked to the development of vasculitis, encephalomyelitis, and other disorders that resemble pathologies with viral and nonviral etiologies in humans. This review aims to provide an overview of MHV68-associated diseases in infected mice that may provide a model for understanding basic mechanisms by which similar diseases in humans occur and can be treated.Entities:
Keywords: Animal model; Epstein-Barr virus; Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus; Murine gammaherpesvirus 68
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Year: 2017 PMID： 29052141 DOI： 10.1007/978-981-10-5765-6_14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN： 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622