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Herpes simplex virus type 1 evades the effects of antibody and complement in vivo.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2002
Lubinski John M, Jiang Ming, Hook Lauren, Chang Yueh, Sarver Chad, Mastellos Dimitrios, Lambris John D, Cohen Gary H, Eisenberg Roselyn J, Friedman Harvey M
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) encodes a complement-interacting glycoprotein, gC, and an immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc binding glycoprotein, gE, that mediate immune evasion by affecting multiple aspects of innate and acquired immunity, including interfering with complement components C1q, C3, C5, and properdin and blocking antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Previous studies evaluated the individual...
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