2022
Endogenous Retroviruses Provide Protection Against Vaginal HSV-2 Disease
Jayewickreme R, Mao T, Philbrick W, Kong Y, Treger RS, Lu P, Rakib T, Dong H, Dang-Lawson M, Guild WA, Lau TJ, Iwasaki A, Tokuyama M. Endogenous Retroviruses Provide Protection Against Vaginal HSV-2 Disease. Frontiers In Immunology 2022, 12: 758721. PMID: 35058919, PMCID: PMC8764156, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.758721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHSV-2 infectionHSV-2 diseaseHerpes simplex virus type 2 infectionSimplex virus type 2 infectionEnhanced type I interferonIntravaginal HSV-2 infectionVaginal HSV-2 infectionVirus type 2 infectionEndogenous retrovirusesReceptor-deficient miceType 2 infectionHigh systemic levelsWildtype C57BL/6 miceType I interferonTLR7-/- miceC57BL/6 miceInfectious endogenous retrovirusDeficient miceIntravaginal applicationAntiviral immunityI interferonVaginal tissueDetrimental functionsTLR7Mice
2021
Endogenous retroviruses mediate IFN-independent protection against vaginal HSV-2 infection
Tokuyama M, Jayewickreme R, Mao T, Philbrick W, Kong Y, Dong H, Treger R, Rakib T, Iwasaki A. Endogenous retroviruses mediate IFN-independent protection against vaginal HSV-2 infection. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: 20.39-20.39. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.206.supp.20.39.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHSV-2 infectionVaginal HSV-2 infectionTight junction proteinsB6 miceVaginal epitheliumHerpes simplex virus type 2 infectionSimplex virus type 2 infectionEnhanced type I interferonIntravaginal HSV-2 infectionVirus type 2 infectionToll-like receptor 7Epithelial tight junction proteinsEndogenous retrovirusesReceptor-deficient miceJunction proteinsType 2 infectionHigh systemic levelsWildtype C57BL/6 miceType I interferonDisease courseC57BL/6 miceInfectious endogenous retrovirusReceptor 7Disease burdenHSV-2
2003
Vaginal Submucosal Dendritic Cells, but Not Langerhans Cells, Induce Protective Th1 Responses to Herpes Simplex Virus-2
Zhao X, Deak E, Soderberg K, Linehan M, Spezzano D, Zhu J, Knipe DM, Iwasaki A. Vaginal Submucosal Dendritic Cells, but Not Langerhans Cells, Induce Protective Th1 Responses to Herpes Simplex Virus-2. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2003, 197: 153-162. PMID: 12538655, PMCID: PMC2193810, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubmucosal dendritic cellsDendritic cellsLymph nodesHSV-2T cellsIFNgamma secretionLangerhans cellsVaginal mucosaHerpes simplex virus type 2 infectionSimplex virus type 2 infectionViral peptidesProtective Th1 immune responseVirus type 2 infectionHerpes simplex virus 2Genital mucosal surfacesHSV-2 infectionProtective Th1 responseTh1 immune responseMHC class II moleculesProtective Th1 immunityAntigen-presenting cellsType 2 infectionSimplex virus 2Class II moleculesDC populations