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SUBMITTER: Kapil P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4019976 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kapil Parul P Stohlman Stephen A SA Hinton David R DR Bergmann Cornelia C CC
Journal of neuroimmunology 20140304 1-2
Double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) regulates antiviral activity, immune responses, apoptosis and neurotoxicity. Gliatropic coronavirus infection induced PKR activation in infected as well uninfected cells within the central nervous system (CNS). However, PKR deficiency only modestly increased viral replication and did not affect IFN-α/β or IL-1β expression. Despite reduced Il-6, Ccl5, and Cxcl10 mRNA, protein levels remained unaltered. Furthermore, PKR deficiency selectively redu ...[more]