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siRNA Electroporation to Modulate Autophagy in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1-Infected Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells
Published on: October 28, 2019
Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
1New York City Regional Innovation Node, City University of New York, New York, New York, USA jblaho@cuny.edu.
Abstract:
In a recent mBio article, Y. Jiang, X. Yin, P. M. Stuart, and D. A. Lieb [mBio 6(6):e01426-15, 2015, doi:10.1128/mBio.01426-15] presented an elegant set of experiments that utilized a transgenic, knockout strain of mice whose dendritic cells (DCs) are incapable of undergoing autophagy, to dissect out the aspects of the chronic inflammatory response following viral infection of corneal epithelial cells. The authors' results provide a potential proof of concept that the DC autophagy pathway may be a valid target for therapeutic drug design in certain inflammatory pathologies.
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