SARS-CoV and IFN: Too Little, Too Late

Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Feb 10;19(2):139-41. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.01.012.

Abstract

Dysregulated type I interferon (IFN-I) expression can lead to severe pathology and disease. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Channappanavar et al. (2016) use a SARS-coronavirus animal model to describe how rapid and robust virus replication with delayed IFN-I can lead to lung immunopathology, with fatal outcomes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Interferon Type I*
  • Lung / virology
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus*
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • Interferon Type I