Virus infections and apoptosis:Lessons from HIV

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2002-03-13
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<正>Manyvirusesestablishlife-longinfectionsintheirnaturalhostwithfewifanyclinicalmanifestations.Therelationshipbetweenvirusandhostisadynamicprocessinwhichthevirushasevolvedthemeanstocoexistbyreducingitsvisibility,whilethehostimmunesystemattemptstosuppressandeliminateinfectionwithoutdamagetoitself.Wearenowbeginningtounderstandthatvirusescanemployavarietyofstrategiestoevadehostimmuneresponses.TheseincludeescapefromTcellrecognition,resistanceto