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SUBMITTER: Lo MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1168759 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lo Mindy S MS Brazas Robert M RM Holtzman Michael J MJ
Journal of virology 20050701 14
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) subverts the antiviral interferon (IFN) response, but the mechanism for this evasion was unclear. Here we show that RSV preferentially inhibits IFN-alpha/beta signaling by expression of viral NS1 and NS2. Thus, RSV infection or expression of recombinant NS1 and NS2 in epithelial host cells causes a marked decrease in Stat2 levels and the consequent downstream IFN-alpha/beta response. Similarly, NS1/NS2-deficient RSV no longer decreases Stat2 levels or IFN respon ...[more]