Trends in Microbiology
Volume 8, Issue 9, 1 September 2000, Pages 410-418
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Review
Viral mechanisms of immune evasion

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Abstract

During the millions of years they have coexisted with their hosts, viruses have learned how to manipulate host immune control mechanisms. Viral gene functions provide an overview of many relevant principles in cell biology and immunology. Our knowledge of viral gene functions must be integrated into virus–host interaction networks to understand viral pathogenesis, and could lead to new anti-viral strategies and the ability to exploit viral functions as tools in medicine.

Keywords

Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular Medicine

Keywords

Virus
Immune modulation
Cytokines
Chemokines
Interferons
Apoptosis
Antigen presentation
NK cells

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