Knappe A, Hiller C, Niphuis H, Fossiez F, Thurau M, Wittmann S, Kuhn E M, Lebecque S, Banchereau J, Rosenwirth B, Fleckenstein B, Heeney J, Fickenscher H
Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
J Virol. 1998 Jul;72(7):5797-801. doi: 10.1128/JVI.72.7.5797-5801.1998.
In comparison to wild-type herpesvirus saimiri, viral interleukin-17 gene knockout mutants have unaltered behavior regarding viral replication, T-cell transformation in vitro, and pathogenicity in cottontop tamarins. Thus, this gene is not required for T-cell lymphoma induction but may contribute to apathogenic viral persistence in the natural host, the squirrel monkey.
与野生型赛米利疱疹病毒相比,病毒白细胞介素-17基因敲除突变体在病毒复制、体外T细胞转化以及在棉顶狨猴中的致病性方面表现未变。因此,该基因对于诱导T细胞淋巴瘤并非必需,但可能有助于病毒在天然宿主松鼠猴中无致病性地持续存在。