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dc.contributor.authorAdamson, Catherine S
dc.contributor.authorNevels, Michael Martin
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-17T17:30:01Z
dc.date.available2020-01-17T17:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-16
dc.identifier265462751
dc.identifier24327583-9753-4661-ac7b-65877645ec45
dc.identifier85078282559
dc.identifier000515930700011
dc.identifier.citationAdamson , C S & Nevels , M M 2020 , ' Bright and early : inhibiting human cytomegalovirus by targeting major immediate-early gene expression or protein function ' , Viruses , vol. 12 , no. 1 , 110 . https://doi.org/10.3390/v12010110en
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/19303
dc.descriptionFunding: UK Medical Research Council, grant number MR/P022146/1 (M.M.N.).en
dc.description.abstractThe human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), one of eight human herpesviruses, establishes lifelong latent infections in most people worldwide. Primary or reactivated HCMV infections cause severe disease in immunosuppressed patients and congenital defects in children. There is no vaccine for HCMV, and the currently approved antivirals come with major limitations. Most approved HCMV antivirals target late molecular processes in the viral replication cycle including DNA replication and packaging. “Bright and early” events in HCMV infection have not been exploited for systemic prevention or treatment of disease. Initiation of HCMV replication depends on transcription from the viral major immediate-early (IE) gene. Alternative transcripts produced from this gene give rise to the IE1 and IE2 families of viral proteins, which localize to the host cell nucleus.The IE1 and IE2 proteins are believed to control all subsequent early and late events in HCMV replication, including reactivation from latency, in part by antagonizing intrinsic and innate immune responses. Here we provide an update on the regulation of major IE gene expression and the functions of IE1 and IE2 proteins. We will relate this insight to experimental approaches that target IE gene expression or protein function via molecular gene silencing and editing or small chemical inhibitors.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofVirusesen
dc.subjectHerpesvirusen
dc.subjectCytomegalovirusen
dc.subjectImmediate-earlyen
dc.subjectIE1en
dc.subjectIE2en
dc.subjectAntiviralen
dc.subjectRibozymeen
dc.subjectRNA interferenceen
dc.subjectCRISPR/Casen
dc.subjectSmall moleculeen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQR355 Virologyen
dc.subjectRM Therapeutics. Pharmacologyen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQR355en
dc.subject.lccRMen
dc.titleBright and early : inhibiting human cytomegalovirus by targeting major immediate-early gene expression or protein functionen
dc.typeJournal itemen
dc.contributor.sponsorMedical Research Councilen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complexen
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/v12010110
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberMR/P022146/1en


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