Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis

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 d...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fdb2fb32e30244a8a6d09f01220bd28e2021-11-15T15:49:40ZTargeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis10.1128/mBio.02053-152150-7511https://doaj.org/article/fdb2fb32e30244a8a6d09f01220bd28e2016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02053-15https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT 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.John A. BlahoAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2016)
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Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
description 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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author John A. Blaho
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title Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
title_short Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
title_full Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
title_fullStr Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
title_full_unstemmed Targeting Autophagy in Dendritic Cells as a Mechanism to Limit Immunopathogenesis in Herpetic Stromal Keratitis
title_sort targeting autophagy in dendritic cells as a mechanism to limit immunopathogenesis in herpetic stromal keratitis
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2016
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