1. Virus Infection and Death Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis.
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Xingchen Zhou, Wenbo Jiang, Zhongshun Liu, Shuai Liu, and Xiaozhen Liang
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APOPTOSIS ,CELL death ,APOPTIN ,CASPASE inhibitors ,APOPTOSIS inducing factor - Abstract
Virus infection can trigger extrinsic apoptosis. Cell-surface death receptors of the tumor necrosis factor family mediate this process. They either assist persistent viral infection or elicit the elimination of infected cells by the host. Death receptor-mediated apoptosis plays an important role in viral pathogenesis and the host antiviral response. Many viruses have acquired the capability to subvert death receptor-mediated apoptosis and evade the host immune response, mainly by virally encoded gene products that suppress death receptor-mediated apoptosis. In this review, we summarize the current information on virus infection and death receptor-mediated apoptosis, particularly focusing on the viral proteins that modulate death receptor-mediated apoptosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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