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JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 65-71Publisher
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DOI: 10.1080/13550280600614973
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cerebral endothelial cells; herpes simplex virus type 1; human endogenous retrovirus W; IMR-32; multiple sclerosis
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The multiple sclerosis - associated retrovirus (MSRV), originally identified in cell cultures from patients with multiple sclerosis ( MS), is closely related to the human endogenous retrovirus family W(HERV-W). Recently, HERV-W gag and env protein expression was demonstrated in MS lesions in situ. Here, the authors show that HERV-W gag and env proteins are induced by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in neuronal and brain endothelial cells in vitro. The transactivation of HERV-W proteins by HSV-1 could enhance their potential oligodendrotoxic and immunopathogenic effects, representing a mechanism by which HSV-1, and possibly also other herpesviruses associated with MS, may be linked to the pathogenesis of this disease.
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