Epstein-Barr virus: Biology and clinical disease

B Damania, SC Kenney, N Raab-Traub - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous, oncogenic virus that is associated with a number of
different human malignancies as well as autoimmune disorders. The expression of EBV viral …

Immunomodulatory role of interferons in viral and bacterial infections

P Mertowska, K Smolak, S Mertowski… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Interferons are a group of immunomodulatory substances produced by the human immune
system in response to the presence of pathogens, especially during viral and bacterial …

The value of Interferon β in multiple sclerosis and novel opportunities for its anti-viral activity: a narrative literature review

G Bellucci, A Albanese, C Rizzi, V Rinaldi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Interferon-beta (IFN-β) for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is turning 30. The COVID-19 pandemic
rejuvenated the interest in interferon biology in health and disease, opening translational …

Strategies of Epstein-Barr virus to evade innate antiviral immunity of its human host

M Albanese, T Tagawa… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a double-stranded DNA virus of the Herpesviridae family. This
virus preferentially infects human primary B cells and persists in the human B cell …

The innate and T-cell mediated immune response during acute and chronic gammaherpesvirus infection

V Rex, R Zargari, M Stempel, S Halle… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Immediately after entry into host cells, viruses are sensed by the innate immune system,
leading to the activation of innate antiviral effector mechanisms including the type I interferon …

Epstein–Barr virus tegument protein BGLF2 in exosomes released from virus-producing cells facilitates de novo infection

Y Sato, M Yaguchi, Y Okuno, H Ishimaru… - Cell Communication and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Viruses must adapt to the environment of their host cells to establish infection
and persist. Diverse mammalian cells, including virus-infected cells, release extracellular …

Suppression of JAK-STAT signaling by Epstein-Barr virus tegument protein BGLF2 through recruitment of SHP1 phosphatase and promotion of STAT2 degradation

S Jangra, A Bharti, WY Lui, V Chaudhary… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Some lytic proteins encoded by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) suppress host interferon (IFN)
signaling to facilitate viral replication. In this study, we sought to identify and characterize …

Germinal center cytokine driven epigenetic control of Epstein-Barr virus latency gene expression

Y Liao, J Yan, NR Beri, L Giulino-Roth… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) persistently infects 95% of adults worldwide and is associated with
multiple human lymphomas that express characteristic EBV latency programs used by the …

Direct and biologically significant interactions of human herpesvirus 8 interferon regulatory factor 1 with STAT3 and Janus kinase TYK2

Z Yang, Q Xiang, J Nicholas - PLoS pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) encodes four viral interferon regulatory factors (vIRFs) that
target cellular IRFs and/or other innate-immune and stress signaling regulators and …

Bioinformatics analysis of potential common pathogenic mechanisms for COVID-19 infection and primary Sjogren's syndrome

H Luo, X Zhou - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Accumulating evidence has revealed that the prevalence of Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) was significantly higher in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) …