Asthma and Influenza Virus Infection: Focusing on Cell Death and Stress Pathways in Influenza Virus Replication

Autor: Behzad Yeganeh, Adel Rezaei Moghadam, Ahn Thuy Tran, Mohammad Niaz Rahim, Sudu R Ande, Mohammad Hashemi, Kevin M Coombs, Saeid Ghavami
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-1502
1735-5249
Popis: Asthma is one of the fastest growing syndromes in many countries and is adding a huge cost to the health care system. Increasing reports have linked airway infectious diseases to asthma. Influenza is one of the most serious airway infectious diseases and in recent years there have been some serious influenza virus pandemics which caused increased fatality in numerous different populations. Diverse host response pathways during virus infection have been identified, including different cell death and survival pathways. These pathways include 1) programmed cell death I (apoptosis), 2) programmed cell death II (autophagy), and 3) endoplasmic reticulum stress with subsequent unfolded protein response (UPR). There has been extensive research on the regulatory roles of these pathways during the influenza virus life cycle. These studies address the benefits of enhancing or inhibiting these pathways on viral replication. Here we review the most recent and significant knowledge in this area for possible benefits to clinicians and basic scientist researchers in different areas of the respiratory and virology sciences.
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