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Herpes simplex virus encephalitis of childhood: inborn errors of central nervous system cell-intrinsic immunity.
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2020
Zhang Shen-Ying
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) encephalitis (HSE) is the most common sporadic viral encephalitis in Western countries. Over the last 15 years, human genetic and immunological studies have provided proof-of-principle that childhood HSE can result from inborn errors of central nervous system (CNS)-specific, cell-intrinsic immunity to HSV-1. HSE-causing mutations of eight genes disrupt known (TLR3-dependent IFN-α/β...
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