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. 2018 Apr;41(2):87-94.
Epub 2018 Jan 31.

The human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp65 (pUL83): a key player in innate immune evasion

Matteo Biolatti  1 , Valentina Dell'Oste  1 , Marco De Andrea  1   2 , Santo Landolfo  1
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Review

The human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp65 (pUL83): a key player in innate immune evasion

Matteo Biolatti et al. New Microbiol. 2018 Apr.
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Abstract

The germline encoded proteins serving as "pattern recognition receptors" (PRRs) constitute the earliest step in the innate immune response by recognizing the "pathogen-associated molecular patterns" (PAMPs) that comprise microbe nucleic acids and proteins usually absent from healthy hosts. Upon detection of exogenous nucleic acid two different innate immunity signaling cascades are activated. The first culminates in the production of chemokines, cytokines, and type I interferons (IFN-I), while the second leads to inflammasome complex formation. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a member of the b-herpesvirus subfamily, is a widespread pathogen that infects the vast majority of the world's population. The virion has an icosahedral capsid that contains a linear dsDNA genome of approximately 240 kb, surrounded by an outer lipid envelope and a proteinaceous tegument containing several viral proteins. Despite the numerous and multifaceted antiviral effects of IFNs and cytokines, HCMV is able to invade, multiply, and establish persistent infection in healthy human hosts. To achieve this goal the virus has developed different strategies to block the IFN-I response and to alter the physiological outcomes of the IFN-inducible genes. This article focuses on HCMV tegument pp65 by reviewing its mechanisms of action in favoring virus evasion from the host innate immune response.

Keywords: Antiviral defense; DNA sensors; Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV); Intrinsic immunity; Restriction factors; Tegument proteins; Viral escape mechanisms; pp65.

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