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Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1389-5575
ISSN (Online): 1875-5607

Virally Encoded Chemokine Binding Proteins

Author(s): Louise M.C. Webb and Antonio Alcami

Volume 5, Issue 9, 2005

Page: [833 - 848] Pages: 16

DOI: 10.2174/1389557054867110

Price: $65

Abstract

Virus-encoded immune evasion mechanisms provide information on viral pathogenesis and offer a unique opportunity to identify new strategies of immune modulation. Secreted proteins that bind a broad range of chemokines have been identified in recent years in poxviruses and herpesviruses. We discuss the properties of these viral chemokine inhibitors and their potential as new therapeutics to treat human inflammatory diseases.

Keywords: immune responses, immunomodulatory proteins, chemokine antagonists, myxoma virus, leporipoxvirus, recombinant protein, virus infection, bronchiolar lavage (bal)


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