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SUBMITTER: Yordy B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3454454 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yordy Brian B Iijima Norifumi N Huttner Anita A Leib David D Iwasaki Akiko A
Cell host & microbe 20120901 3
Type I interferons (IFNs) are considered to be the universal mechanism by which viral infections are controlled. However, many IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) rely on antiviral pathways that are toxic to host cells, which may be detrimental in nonrenewable cell types, such as neurons. We show that dorsal root ganglionic (DRG) neurons produced little type I IFNs in response to infection with a neurotropic virus, herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1). Further, type I IFN treatment failed to completely block H ...[more]