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Parvovirus B19 nonstructural (NS1) protein as a transactivator of interleukin‐6 synthesis: Common pathway in inflammatory sequelae of human parvovirus infections?
3 Apr 2002
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This review focuses on the role that human parvovirus B19 nonstructural (NS1) protein as a transactivator of the proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), might play in triggering the multiparametric inflammatory outcomes of B19 infection. Parvovirus B19 is a ubiquitous virus, and it is often expressed during conditions of immunodepression including that induced by long-term chemotherapy, viral infection...
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