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The innate immune response in Zika virus infection

Author(s): Sousa, Jorge Rodrigues de ; Azevedo, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva ; Quaresma, Juarez Ant?nio Sim?es ; Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa

Date: 2020

Origin: Oasisbr

Subject(s): Zika virus / patogenicidade; Infec??o por Zika virus / imunologia; Citocinas; Intera??es Hospedeiro-Pat?geno / imunologia


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CAPES ; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) 303999/2016-0; 439971/2016-0; 440405/2016-5

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil.

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil / Universidade Federal do Par?. N?cleo de Medicina Tropical. Bel?m, PA, Brazil.

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil.

Zika virus (ZIKV; Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) was discovered in 1947 in Uganda, Africa, from the serum of a sentinel Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). It is an enveloped, positive?sense, single?stranded RNA virus, which encodes a single polyprotein that is cleaved into 10 individual proteins. In 2015, the Zika?epidemic in Brazil was marked mainly by the exponential growth of microcephaly cases and other congenital defects. With regard to host?pathogen relationships, understanding the role of the immune response in the pathogenesis ZIKV infection is challenging. The innate immune response is the first?line immunological defence, in which pathogen?associated molecular patterns are recognized by pattern?recognition receptors that trigger macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer cells and endothelial cells to produce several mediators, which modulate viral replication and immune evasion. In this review, we have summarized current knowledge on the innate immune response against ZIKV.

Document Type Journal article
Language English
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