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Regions of the varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 63 latency-associated protein important for replication in vitro are also critical for efficient establishment of latencyJeffrey I Cohen
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Bldg 10, Room 11N228, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 79:5069-77. 2005..Thus, regions of ORF63 that are important for replication in vitro are also required for efficient establishment of latency...- The need and challenges for development of an Epstein-Barr virus vaccineJeffrey I Cohen
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Electronic address
Vaccine 31:B194-6. 2013.... - Epstein-Barr virus: an important vaccine target for cancer preventionJeffrey I Cohen
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID, U S National Institutes of Health NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Sci Transl Med 3:107fs7. 2011.... - Licking latency with licoriceJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Invest 115:591-3. 2005..This finding suggests a novel way to interrupt latency... 
Recommendations for prevention of and therapy for exposure to B virus (cercopithecine herpesvirus 1)Jeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:1191-203. 2002..The present report updates previous recommendations for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of B virus infection in humans and considers the role of newer antiviral agents in postexposure prophylaxis...- HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) to treat Epstein-Barr virus-driven lymphomaJ I Cohen
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Medical Virology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10 Rm 11N228, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1888, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Br J Cancer 92:1593-8. 2005..Studies in severe combined immunodeficiency mice show that simvastatin delays the development of EBV-lymphomas in these animals. These statins might be considered for the treatment of EBV-lymphomas in selected patients... - Varicella-zoster virus immediate-early 63 protein interacts with human antisilencing function 1 protein and alters its ability to bind histones h3.1 and h3.3Aruna P Ambagala
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, Building 10, Room 11N234, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 83:200-9. 2009..Since ASF1 mediates eviction and deposition of histones during transcription, the interaction of VZV IE63 with ASF1 may help to regulate transcription of viral or cellular genes during lytic and/or latent infection... - Current understanding of the role of Epstein-Barr virus in lymphomagenesis and therapeutic approaches to EBV-associated lymphomasJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1888, USA
Leuk Lymphoma 49:27-34. 2008..Another potential therapeutic strategy could be to try to induce lytic EBV infection in the tumor cells. This could be done by targeting genes that switch the EBV-infected B cells from the latent to the lytic cycle... - Strategies for herpes zoster vaccination of immunocompromised patientsJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 197:S237-41. 2008..In addition, the use of other vaccines, including heat-inactivated or replication-defective varicella-zoster virus to prevent HZ in immunocompromised persons, is also discussed... - Absence or overexpression of the Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) ORF29 latency-associated protein impairs late gene expression and reduces VZV latency in a rodent modelJeffrey I Cohen
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Bldg 10, Room 11N234, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 81:1586-91. 2007..0044). These studies indicate that regulation of ORF29 at appropriate levels is critical for VZV latency in a rodent model... - The varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 63 latency-associated protein is critical for establishment of latencyJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Bldg 10, Room 11N228, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 78:11833-40. 2004..Since the present vaccine can reactivate and cause shingles, a VZV vaccine based on the ORF63 mutant virus might be safer... - Varicella-zoster virus ORF4 latency-associated protein is important for establishment of latencyJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 79:6969-75. 2005..Thus, in addition to VZV ORF63, which was previously shown to be critical for efficient establishment of latency, ORF4 is also important for latent infection... - Varicella-zoster vaccine virus: evolution in actionJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20982-1888, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7-8. 2007 - Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ORF65 virion protein is dispensable for replication in cell culture and is phosphorylated by casein kinase II, but not by the VZV protein kinasesJ I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Virology 280:62-71. 2001..Thus, VZV ORF65 more closely resembles its pseudorabies virus homolog in its localization in infected cells and virions... - The varicella-zoster virus genomeJeffrey I Cohen
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 342:1-14. 2010..Further studies of the VZV genome, using recombinant viruses, may facilitate the development of safer and more effective VZV vaccines. Furthermore, VZV might be useful as a vaccine vector to immunize against both VZV and other viruses... - Rodent models of varicella-zoster virus neurotropismJeffrey I Cohen
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 342:277-89. 2010..The rodent model for VZV latency allows one to study ganglia removed immediately after death, avoiding the possibility of reactivation, and helps to identify VZV genes required for latency... - Human herpesvirus 6-A, 6-B, and 7 in vitreous fluid samplesJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1888, USA
J Med Virol 82:996-9. 2010..HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7 DNA are detectable in less than 2% of vitreous samples in patients with ocular inflammation... - Epstein-Barr virus BARF1 protein is dispensable for B-cell transformation and inhibits alpha interferon secretion from mononuclear cellsJ I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 73:7627-32. 1999..These experiments indicate that BARF1 expressed from the EBV genome directly inhibits alpha interferon secretion, which may modulate the innate host response to the virus... - Characterization and treatment of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus disease: a 28-year experience in the United StatesJeffrey I Cohen
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Blood 117:5835-49. 2011..These studies are registered at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00032513 for CAEBV, NCT00062868 and NCT00058812 for EBV-specific T-cell studies, and NCT00578539 for the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation protocol... - Kinetics of serum cytokines after primary or repeat vaccination with the smallpox vaccineJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 201:1183-91. 2010.... - Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus is not associated with chronic fatigue syndrome in patients from different areas of the us in the 1990sMir A Ali
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Virol J 8:450. 2011..Since then numerous reports failed to detect XMRV in other cohorts of CFS patients, and some studies suggested that XMRV sequences in human samples might be due to contamination of these samples with mouse DNA... - Detection of vaccinia virus DNA, but not infectious virus, in the blood of smallpox vaccine recipientsJeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Vaccine 25:4571-4. 2007..Throat swabs were negative by PCR and culture. Thus, while some blood specimens contained vaccinia virus DNA, infectious virus was not detected. Current guidelines for deferral of blood donation in vaccinees seem appropriate... - The biology of Epstein-Barr virus: lessons learned from the virus and the hostJ I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Building 10, Room 11N214, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Opin Immunol 11:365-70. 1999..Analysis of the immune response to the virus is leading to novel therapies for EBV-associated malignancies, including the use of virus-specific cytotoxic T cell infusions... - Comparison of immunogenicity and protective efficacy of genital herpes vaccine candidates herpes simplex virus 2 dl5-29 and dl5-29-41L in mice and guinea pigsYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Vaccine 26:4034-40. 2008..Both dl5-29-41L and dl5-29 are equally effective and immunogenic in guinea pigs, and dl5-29 is very safe in immunocompromised animals... 
Protection from herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 infection with replication-defective HSV-2 or glycoprotein D2 vaccines in HSV-1-seropositive and HSV-1-seronegative guinea pigsYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 200:1088-95. 2009..A herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 candidate vaccine consisting of glycoprotein D (gD2) in alum and monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) reduced genital herpes disease in HSV-1-seronegative women but not in men or HSV-1-seropositive women...- Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ORF17 protein induces RNA cleavage and is critical for replication of VZV at 37 degrees C but not 33 degrees CHitoshi Sato
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 28092-1888, USA
J Virol 76:11012-23. 2002..The importance of ORF17 protein for viral replication at 37 degrees C but not at 33 degrees C suggests that this protein may facilitate the growth of virus in certain tissues in vivo... - Long-term administration of valacyclovir reduces the number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected B cells but not the number of EBV DNA copies per B cell in healthy volunteersYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 83:11857-61. 2009..Valacyclovir reduces the frequency of EBV-infected B cells when administered over a long period and, in theory, might allow eradication of EBV from the body if reinfection does not occur... - A varicella-zoster virus mutant impaired for latency in rodents, but not impaired for replication in cell cultureAruna P N Ambagala
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 399:194-200. 2010..A VZV Oka mutant, replicating to similar titers and inducing a comparable immune response as parental virus, but impaired for latency, might serve as a safer vaccine and be less likely to reactivate to cause zoster... - Downregulation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) immediate-early ORF62 transcription by VZV ORF63 correlates with virus replication in vitro and with latencySusan E Hoover
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 80:3459-68. 2006..The ability of ORF63 to downregulate ORF62 transcription may play an important role in virus replication and latency... - Comparison of methods for detection of vaccinia virus in patient specimensDaniel P Fedorko
Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1508, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:4602-6. 2005..In summary, PCR was the most sensitive test for detecting vaccinia virus in clinical specimens, while the DFA was the most rapid but the least sensitive test... - Soluble rhesus lymphocryptovirus gp350 protects against infection and reduces viral loads in animals that become infected with virus after challengeJunji Sashihara
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS Pathog 7:e1002308. 2011..Our results suggest that additional trials with soluble EBV gp350 alone, or in combination with other EBV proteins, should be considered to reduce EBV infection or virus-associated malignancies in humans... - Impairment in reactivation of a latency associated transcript (LAT)-deficient HSV-2 is not solely dependent on the latent viral load or the number of CD8(+) T cells infiltrating the gangliaYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 387:193-9. 2009..Therefore, LAT likely has additional functions important for reactivation... - Valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, diminishes lymphoproliferation in the Fas -deficient MRL/lpr(-/-) murine model of autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)Kennichi C Dowdell
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1888, USA
Exp Hematol 37:487-94. 2009..We sought to test the ability of valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor, to induce apoptosis and inhibit lymphoproliferation... - The insulin degrading enzyme binding domain of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein E is important for cell-to-cell spread and VZV infectivity, while a glycoprotein I binding domain is essential for infectionMir A Ali
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 386:270-9. 2009..We conclude that the IDE binding domain is important for efficient cell-to-cell spread and infectivity of cell-free virus... - Serological diagnosis of human herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 infections by luciferase immunoprecipitation system assayPeter D Burbelo
Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 16:366-71. 2009.... - Tubacin kills Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-Burkitt lymphoma cells by inducing reactive oxygen species and EBV lymphoblastoid cells by inducing apoptosisJunichi Kawada
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1888, USA
J Biol Chem 284:17102-9. 2009..These findings suggest that the combination of a proteasome inhibitor and an HDAC6 inhibitor may represent a useful strategy for the treatment of certain EBV-associated B cell lymphomas... - Bortezomib induces apoptosis of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B cells and prolongs survival of mice inoculated with EBV-transformed B cellsPing Zou
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 81:10029-36. 2007..These findings suggest that bortezomib may represent a novel strategy for the treatment of certain EBV-associated lymphomas... - A herpes simplex virus 2 glycoprotein D mutant generated by bacterial artificial chromosome mutagenesis is severely impaired for infecting neuronal cells and infects only Vero cells expressing exogenous HVEMKening Wang
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Virol 86:12891-902. 2012..The inability of the HSV2-gD27 mutant to infect neuronal cells in vitro or sensory ganglia in mice after intramuscular inoculation suggests that this HSV-2 mutant might be an attractive candidate for a live attenuated HSV-2 vaccine... - Varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 21, which is expressed during latency, is essential for virus replication but dispensable for establishment of latencyDongxiang Xia
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Virol 77:1211-8. 2003..Thus, ORF21 is the first VZV gene expressed during latency that has been shown to be dispensable for the establishment of latent infection... - The NS3 protein of hepatitis C virus induces caspase-8-mediated apoptosis independent of its protease or helicase activitiesElena A Prikhod'ko
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 329:53-67. 2004..These findings suggest that HCV NS3 promotes caspase-8 induced apoptosis at a pathway site distal to FADD, and that flavivirus NS3 may represent a new class of pro-apoptotic proteins... - Distinct EBV and CMV reactivation patterns following antibody-based immunosuppressive regimens in patients with severe aplastic anemiaPhillip Scheinberg
Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Blood 109:3219-24. 2007.... - An acutely and latently expressed herpes simplex virus 2 viral microRNA inhibits expression of ICP34.5, a viral neurovirulence factorShuang Tang
Division of Viral Products, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:10931-6. 2008..5, a key viral neurovirulence factor. We hypothesize that miR-I may modulate the outcome of viral infection in the peripheral nervous system by functioning as a molecular switch for ICP34.5 expression... - The amino terminus of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein E is required for binding to insulin-degrading enzyme, a VZV receptorQingxue Li
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 81:8525-32. 2007..The amino portion of IDE, as well an IDE mutant in the catalytic domain of the protein, bound to gE. Therefore, distinct motifs of VZV gE are important for binding to IDE or to gI... - The number of herpes simplex virus-infected neurons and the number of viral genome copies per neuron correlate with the latent viral load in gangliaYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 372:56-63. 2008.... - Varicella-Zoster virus IE63, a major viral latency protein, is required to inhibit the alpha interferon-induced antiviral responseAruna P N Ambagala
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 81:7844-51. 2007..Since IFN-alpha has been shown to limit VZV replication in human skin xenografts, the ability of VZV IE63 to block the effects of the cytokine may play a critical role in VZV pathogenesis... - Triad of severe abdominal pain, inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, and disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection preceding cutaneous manifestations after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: utility of PCR for early recognition and therRachel Rau
Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1104, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:265-8. 2008..She was treated with acyclovir and subsequently developed VZV antigen-positive zoster. Detection of VZV DNA in blood may be useful for early diagnosis in immunocompromised hosts who present with zoster without skin lesions... - Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with mutations in perforin that impair its maturationHarutaka Katano
Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Blood 103:1244-52. 2004..Mutations in the perforin gene are associated with some cases of CAEBV with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis... - Diverse herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase mutants in individual human neurons and GangliaKening Wang
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease, NIAID NIH, Building 10, Room 11N 234, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 81:6817-26. 2007..These data suggest that diverse tk mutants arise independently under drug selection and establish latency in human sensory ganglia alone or together with wild-type virus... - Varicella-zoster virus ORF47 protein kinase, which is required for replication in human T cells, and ORF66 protein kinase, which is expressed during latency, are dispensable for establishment of latencyHitoshi Sato
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1888, USA
J Virol 77:11180-5. 2003..Thus, seven genes, including one expressed during latency, are dispensable for establishing latent VZV infection... - Use of a rodent model to show that varicella-zoster virus ORF61 is dispensable for establishment of latencyHitoshi Sato
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, Building 10, Room 11N228, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1888, USA
J Med Virol 70:S79-81. 2003..Thus, the cotton rat can be used to study the ability of mutants in the Oka vaccine strain of VZV to establish latent infection... - Insulin degrading enzyme is a cellular receptor mediating varicella-zoster virus infection and cell-to-cell spreadQingxue Li
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Medical Virology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892 USA
Cell 127:305-16. 2006..These studies indicate that IDE is a cellular receptor for both cell-free and cell-associated VZV... - Insulin degrading enzyme induces a conformational change in varicella-zoster virus gE, and enhances virus infectivity and stabilityQingxue Li
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e11327. 2010..The ability of rIDE to enhance infectivity of cell-free VZV over a wide range of incubation times and temperatures suggests that rIDE may be useful for increasing the stability of varicella or zoster vaccines... - Cell type specific accumulation of the major latency-associated transcript (LAT) of herpes simplex virus type 2 in LAT transgenic miceKening Wang
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 10 Center Drive, Room 11N234 Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 386:79-87. 2009..These data indicate that HSV-2 LAT promoter activity is not restricted to neurons and that LAT accumulation in ganglionic neurons is likely regulated by cell-specific factors... - Respiratory syncytial virus infection sensitizes cells to apoptosis mediated by tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligandAlexander Kotelkin
Respiratory Viruses Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 77:9156-72. 2003.... - Human antibody titers to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) gp350 correlate with neutralization of infectivity better than antibody titers to EBV gp42 using a rapid flow cytometry-based EBV neutralization assayJunji Sashihara
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 391:249-56. 2009..Furthermore, we show that antibody titers to EBV gp350 correlate more strongly with neutralization than antibody titers to gp42. These assays should be useful in accessing antibody responses to candidate EBV vaccines... - Varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 2 encodes a membrane phosphoprotein that is dispensable for viral replication and for establishment of latencyHitoshi Sato
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1888, USA
J Virol 76:3575-8. 2002..Thus, ORF2 is the first VZV gene shown to be dispensable for establishment of latent infection in an animal model... - Rapid, simple, quantitative, and highly sensitive antibody detection for lyme diseasePeter D Burbelo
Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, 49 Convent Drive, Building 49, Room 1C20, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 4410, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 17:904-9. 2010..These results suggest that screening by the LIPS test with VOVO and other B. burgdorferi antigens offers an efficient quantitative approach for evaluation of the antibody responses in patients with Lyme disease... - Comparative efficacy and immunogenicity of replication-defective, recombinant glycoprotein, and DNA vaccines for herpes simplex virus 2 infections in mice and guinea pigsYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 79:410-8. 2005..Given its efficacy, its defectiveness for latency, and its ability to induce rapid, virus-specific CD8(+)-T-cell responses, the dl5-29 vaccine may be a good candidate for early-phase human trials... - Rates of reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus from mouse trigeminal ganglia ex vivo correlate directly with viral load and inversely with number of infiltrating CD8+ T cellsYo Hoshino
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 81:8157-64. 2007..04). The reactivation of HSV-2 from ganglia ex vivo is determined both by the latent viral load and the number of infiltrating CD8(+) T cells... - Detection of molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) DNA in the plasma of an immunocompromised patient and possible reduction of MCV DNA with CMX-001Jeffrey I Cohen
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8007, USA
J Infect Dis 205:794-7. 2012..Although MCV is caused by direct inoculation of virus into skin in healthy persons, in a severely immunocompromised person MCV DNA was present in blood and may spread by viremia... - Oropharyngeal shedding of Epstein-Barr virus in the absence of circulating B cellsSusan E Hoover
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 198:318-23. 2008.... - Somatic FAS mutations are common in patients with genetically undefined autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndromeKennichi C Dowdell
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1888, USA
Blood 115:5164-9. 2010..These findings also highlight the potential role for somatic mutations in the pathogenesis of nonmalignant and/or autoimmune hematologic conditions in adults and children... - Simvastatin induces apoptosis of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines and delays development of EBV lymphomasHarutaka Katano
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:4960-5. 2004..These data suggest that simvastatin may have promise for treatment or prevention of EBV-associated lymphomas that occur in immunocompromised persons... - Use of a universal virus detection assay to identify human metapneumovirus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient with pneumonia of unknown originChristine Uhlenhaut
Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics, Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892 4555, USA
J Clin Virol 44:337-9. 2009..We present a case report of an immunocompromised patient suffering from pneumonia, for which the causative agent was not identified by routine methods... - Varicella-Zoster virus ORF12 protein triggers phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and inhibits apoptosisXueqiao Liu
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Virol 86:3143-51. 2012..Cells infected with a VZV ORF12 deletion mutant have reduced levels of p-ERK1/2 and are more susceptible to apoptosis than cells infected with wild-type VZV... - Langat flavivirus protease NS3 binds caspase-8 and induces apoptosisGrigori G Prikhod'ko
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 76:5701-10. 2002..The protease domain and tetrahelix region of the helicase domain are required for NS3 to augment caspase-8-mediated apoptosis. Thus, the LGT virus NS3 protein is a multifunctional protein that binds to caspase-8 and induces apoptosis... - Human herpesvirus-6-associated acute lymphadenitis in immunocompetent adultsIrina Maric
Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Mod Pathol 17:1427-33. 2004..This is the first report that documents distinctive histologic features of HHV-6 lymphadenitis and demonstrates that the cells harboring the virus in vivo are CD4-positive T lymphocytes... - LIPS arrays for simultaneous detection of antibodies against partial and whole proteomes of HCV, HIV and EBVPeter D Burbelo
Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Mol Biosyst 7:1453-62. 2011..These results suggest that LIPS arrays offer a highly discriminating platform for simultaneously profiling a wide spectrum of antibodies associated with many infectious agents... - Binding of FADD and caspase-8 to molluscum contagiosum virus MC159 v-FLIP is not sufficient for its antiapoptotic functionTara L Garvey
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Molecular Development of the Immune System Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Virol 76:697-706. 2002..Thus, charged or hydrophobic amino acids in three regions of the MC159 DEDs (hydrophobic patch 1, alpha2, and alpha6) are critical for the protein's ability to interact with cellular proteins and to block apoptosis... - Increased frequency and broadened specificity of latent EBV nuclear antigen-1-specific T cells in multiple sclerosisJan D Lunemann
Neuroimmunology Branch, Cellular Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD, USA
Brain 129:1493-506. 2006..We suggest that the accumulation of highly antigen-sensitive EBNA1-specific Th1 cells in multiple sclerosis is capable of sustaining autoimmunity by cross-recognition of autoantigens or by TCR-independent bystander mechanisms... - Rhesus and human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein L are required for infection and cell-to-cell spread of virus but cannot complement each otherJ Jason Bowman
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Virol 85:2089-99. 2011..These data indicate that RhCMV and HCMV gL are both essential for replication of their corresponding viruses and, although the two gLs are highly homologous, they are unable to complement each another... - Feline calicivirus replication induces apoptosis in cultured cellsStanislav V Sosnovtsev
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive MSC8007, Building 50, Room 6316, Bethesda, MD 20892 8007, USA
Virus Res 94:1-10. 2003.... - Severe viral infections and primary immunodeficienciesLesia K Dropulic
Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:897-909. 2011.... - Bovine herpesvirus 4 BORFE2 protein inhibits Fas- and tumor necrosis factor receptor 1-induced apoptosis and contains death effector domains shared with other gamma-2 herpesvirusesG H Wang
Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Ahmanson Pediatrics Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
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Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1578, USA
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Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Laboratory of Viral Immunobiology, Christopher H Browne Center for Immunology and Immune Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7295, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1691-702. 2004..8, 95%, confidence interval = 3.0 to 38; P = .011). CONCLUSION: MTX may promote EBV-positive lymphomas in rheumatoid arthritis and polymyositis patients by its immunosuppressive properties as well as by reactivating latent EBV... - Varicella-zoster virus expressing HSV-2 glycoproteins B and D induces protection against HSV-2 challengeThomas C Heineman
Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Vaccine 22:2558-65. 2004..These data show that recombinant VZV expressing HSV-2 antigens must be infectious to offer significant protection against challenge with HSV-2, and that ROka-gB2/gD2 has promise as a candidate HSV-2 vaccine... - Identification of small molecule compounds that selectively inhibit varicella-zoster virus replicationRobert J Visalli
Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Molecular Biology Virology, Wyeth Vaccines, Pearl River, NY 1096, USA
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J Infect Dis 186:444-5. 2002 - Phosphorylation by the varicella-zoster virus ORF47 protein serine kinase determines whether endocytosed viral gE traffics to the trans-Golgi network or recycles to the cell membraneT K Kenyon
Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Virol 76:10980-93. 2002..Taken together, the results showed that phosphorylation of VZV gE by ORF47 or CKII determined whether VZV infection proceeded toward a pathway likely involved with either virion production or cell-cell spread... - Comparison of virus transcription during lytic infection of the Oka parental and vaccine strains of Varicella-Zoster virusRandall J Cohrs
Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 80262, USA
J Virol 80:2076-82. 2006..Together, our results indicate that mutations in V-Oka IE 62 alone are unlikely to account for vaccine virus attenuation... - Enhanced SIV replication and accelerated progression to AIDS in macaques primed to mount a CD4 T cell response to the SIV envelope proteinSilvija I Staprans
Emory Vaccine Center, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:13026-31. 2004..These data suggest suggest that candidate AIDS vaccines may not simply be either efficacious or neutral; they may also have the potential to be harmful... - Generation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-immortalized B cell linesGiovanna Tosato
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Curr Protoc Immunol . 2007..The protocol described in this unit to accomplish this can be divided into three stages: preparation of virus, preparation of target cells to be immortalized, and EBV infection and growth of infected cells... - Prevention of herpes zoster: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)Rafael Harpaz
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 57:1-30; quiz CE2-4. 2008..Before administration of zoster vaccine, patients do not need to be asked about their history of varicella (chickenpox) or to have serologic testing conducted to determine varicella immunity...