The herpes simplex virus type 1 latency associated transcript locus is required for the maintenance of reactivation competent latent infections

作者：Thompson Richard L^*; Sawtell Nancy M

来源：Journal of NeuroVirology, 2011, 17(6): 552-558.

DOI：10.1007/s13365-011-0071-0

• Herpes simplex virus type 1
• Latent infections
• Innervating sensory neurons
• Latency associated transcript
• Maintenance of latency
• Reactivation
• Mouse model

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) establishes latent infections in sensory neurons from which it can periodically reactivate and cause recurrent disease and transmission to new hosts. Little is known about the virally encoded mechanisms that influence the maintenance of HSV latent infectious and modulate the frequency of virus reactivation from the latent state. Here, we report that the latency associated transcript locus of HSV-1 is required for long-term maintenance of reactivation competent latent infections.

• 出版日期2011-12