Viral Evasion or Suppression of Host Immunity
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2020) | Viewed by 50496
Special Issue Editor
Interests: viral immunity; RNA virus-host interaction; influenza; LCMV; sphingolipid network
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Dear Colleagues,
Virologists have been continuously discovering novel mechanisms for virus–host immune interactions. Notably, highly pathogenic viruses pose tremendous challenges to the ideal operation of the host immune system. Thus, it is conceptualized that viruses evolved through frequent mutations to survive in hosts or devised meticulous strategies to suppress host immunity. The brawl between viruses and host immunity is exemplified by seminal findings such as T cell exhaustion caused by chronic virus infections and viral evasion of the formidable interferon response.
In this Special Issue, emphasis will be placed on the recent scientific development of viral tactics to escape or counterattack host innate or adaptive immune responses following infection. This research will increase our understanding of the hostile dialogue between virus and host defense, potentially providing a means to develop intelligent and effective immune therapeutics against viral infections. You are cordially invited to contribute unique research or review articles on this theme or related research topics, which will ultimately improve science and public health.
Dr. Bumsuk Hahm
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Viral immunity
- Viral pathogenicity
- Host defense
- Innate immunity
- Adaptive immunity
- Immune evasion
- Immune suppression
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