Advances in understanding respiratory syncytial virus infection in airway epithelial cells and consequential effects on the immune response

Bueno Ramírez, Susan Marcela; Cespedes Donoso, Pablo Francisco; González, Pablo A.; Kalergis Parra, Alexis Mikes; Lay Remolcoi, Margarita Kam-len; León, Miguel A.; Riedel Soria, Claudia

Advances in understanding respiratory syncytial virus infection in airway epithelial cells and consequential effects on the immune response

Date

2013

Authors

Bueno Ramírez, Susan Marcela

Cespedes Donoso, Pablo Francisco

González, Pablo A.

Kalergis Parra, Alexis Mikes

Lay Remolcoi, Margarita Kam-len

León, Miguel A.

Riedel Soria, Claudia

Abstract

This article reviews aspects of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in airway epithelial cells (AECs), including cytopathogenesis, entry, replication and the induction of immune response to the virus, including a new role for thymic stromal lymphopoietin in RSV immunopathology. (C) 2012 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Airway epithelial cells, Entry; Immune response, Replication cycle, RSV, Thymic stromal lymphopoietin

Citation

Lay M, Gonzalez P, Leon M, Cespedes P, Bueno S, Riedel C, Kalergis A. Advances in understanding respiratory syncytial virus infection in airway epithelial cells and consequential effects on the immune response. Microbes And Infection. 2013;15(3):230-242.