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The C proteins of human parainfluenza virus type 1 limit double-stranded RNA accumulation that would otherwise trigger activation of MDA5 and protein kinase R.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 2011
Boonyaratanakornkit Jim, Bartlett Emmalene, Schomacker Henrick, Surman Sonja, Akira Shizuo, Bae Yong-Soo, Collins Peter, Murphy Brian, Schmidt Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV1) is an important respiratory pathogen in young children, the immunocompromised, and the elderly. We found that infection with wild-type (WT) HPIV1 suppressed the innate immune response in human airway epithelial cells by preventing not only phosphorylation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) but also degradation of IκBβ, thereby inhibiting IRF3 and NF-κB activation,...
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