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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Anand Champak Patel
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2935 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature medicine 20051002 11
Host defense against viruses probably depends on targeted death of infected host cells and then clearance of cellular corpses by macrophages. For this process to be effective, the macrophage must presumably avoid its own virus-induced death. Here we identify one such mechanism. We show that mice lacking the chemokine Ccl5 are immune compromised to the point of delayed viral clearance, excessive airway inflammation and respiratory death after mouse parainfluenza or human influenza virus infection ...[more]