Herpesviridae

Epstein-Barr virus IL-10 gene expression by a recombinant murine gammaherpesvirus in vivo enhances acute pathogenicity but does not affect latency or reactivation.

Pub Date : 2014-09-24 DOI: 10.1186/2042-4280-5-1 Gary J Lindquester, Kimberly A Greer, James P Stewart, Jeffery T Sample

High prevalence of human cytomegalovirus in carotid atherosclerotic plaques obtained from Russian patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy.

Pub Date : 2013-11-14 DOI: 10.1186/2042-4280-4-3 Koon-Chu Yaiw, Olga Ovchinnikova, Chato Taher, Abdul-Aleem Mohammad, Belghis Davoudi, Eugene Shlyakhto, Oxana Rotar, Alexandra Konradi, Vanessa Wilhelmi, Afsar Rahbar, Lynn Butler, Alice Assinger, Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér

Human cytomegalovirus induces apoptosis in neural stem/progenitor cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells by generating mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Pub Date : 2013-10-21 DOI: 10.1186/2042-4280-4-2 Hiroyuki Nakamura, Huanan Liao, Kahori Minami, Masashi Toyoda, Hidenori Akutsu, Yoshitaka Miyagawa, Hajime Okita, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Akihiro Umezawa, Ken-Ichi Imadome, Naoki Inoue, Shigeyoshi Fujiwara