Adenovirus infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients

T Lion - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human adenoviruses (HAdVs) are an important cause of infections in both
immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals, and they continue to provide …

Host defense, viruses and apoptosis

GN Barber - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2001 - nature.com
To thwart viral infection, the host has developed a formidable and integrated defense
network that comprises our innate and adaptive immune response. In recent years, it has …

Viral subversion of the immune system

D Tortorella, BE Gewurz, MH Furman… - Annual review of …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
This review describes the diverse array of pathways and molecular targets that are used by
viruses to elude immune detection and destruction. These include targeting of pathways for …

Replication-deficient human adenovirus type 35 vectors for gene transfer and vaccination: efficient human cell infection and bypass of preexisting adenovirus …

R Vogels, D Zuijdgeest, R van Rijnsoever… - Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Replication-deficient human adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) can be produced to high titers in
complementing cell lines, such as PER. C6, and is widely used as a vaccine and gene …

Innate immunity to adenovirus

R Hendrickx, N Stichling, J Koelen, L Kuryk… - Human gene …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Human adenoviruses are the most widely used vectors in gene medicine, with applications
ranging from oncolytic therapies to vaccinations, but adenovirus vectors are not without side …

The impact of adenovirus infection on the immunocompromised host

T Kojaoghlanian, P Flomenberg… - Reviews in medical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Adenovirus (Ad) infections in immunocompromised hosts have increased in frequency as
the number of patients with transplants of bone marrow, liver, kidney, heart and other organs …

Viral homologs of BCL-2: role of apoptosis in the regulation of virus infection

A Cuconati, E White - Genes & development, 2002 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Cellular BCL-2-related proteins (cBCL-2s) function as regulators of programmed cell death
(apoptosis), in part by modulating the release of proapoptotic signaling molecules from …

Adenovirus: an increasingly important pathogen in paediatric bone marrow transplant patients

T Walls, AG Shankar, D Shingadia - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2003 - thelancet.com
Adenovirus is increasingly being recognised as a significant pathogen in children following
bone marrow transplantation. The virus is endemic in the general paediatric population, and …

Functions and mechanisms of action of the adenovirus E3 proteins

DL Lichtenstein, K Toth, K Doronin… - International reviews …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
In the evolutionary battle between viruses and their hosts, viruses have armed themselves
with weapons to defeat the host's attacks on infected cells. Various proteins encoded in the …

“Stealth” adenoviruses blunt cell-mediated and humoral immune responses against the virus and allow for significant gene expression upon readministration in the …

MA Croyle, N Chirmule, Y Zhang, JM Wilson - Journal of virology, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Most of the early gene therapy trials for cystic fibrosis have been with adenovirus vectors.
First-generation viruses with E1a and E1b deleted are limited by transient expression of the …