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SUBMITTER: Jones PH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3283513 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Philip H PH Mehta Harshini V HV Maric Martina M Roller Richard J RJ Okeoma Chioma M CM
Retrovirology 20120127
<h4>Background</h4>Bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST-2) is a cellular factor that restricts the egress of viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) from the surface of infected cells, preventing infection of new cells. BST-2 is variably expressed in most cell types, and its expression is enhanced by cytokines such as type I interferon alpha (IFN-α). In this present study, we used the beta-retrovirus, mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) as a model to examine the role of mouse BST-2 ...[more]