CNS infection and immune privilege

JV Forrester, PG McMenamin, SJ Dando - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Classically, the CNS is described as displaying immune privilege, as it shows attenuated
responses to challenge by alloantigen. However, the CNS does show local inflammation in …

Toll-like receptor signaling in the establishment and function of the immune system

J Aluri, MA Cooper, LG Schuettpelz - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern recognition receptors that play a central role in the
development and function of the immune system. TLR signaling promotes the earliest …

Severe influenza pneumonitis in children with inherited TLR3 deficiency

HK Lim, SXL Huang, J Chen, G Kerner… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
Autosomal recessive IRF7 and IRF9 deficiencies impair type I and III IFN immunity and
underlie severe influenza pneumonitis. We report three unrelated children with influenza A …

The role of host genetics in susceptibility to severe viral infections in humans and insights into host genetics of severe COVID-19: A systematic review

A Elhabyan, S Elyaacoub, E Sanad, A Abukhadra… - Virus research, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Susceptibility to severe viral infections was reported to be associated with
genetic variants in immune response genes using case reports and GWAS studies. SARS …

TLR3 controls constitutive IFN-β antiviral immunity in human fibroblasts and cortical neurons

D Gao, MJ Ciancanelli, P Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Human herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) encephalitis can be caused by inborn errors of the
TLR3 pathway, resulting in impairment of CNS cell-intrinsic antiviral immunity. Deficiencies …

Neurologic complications in herpes simplex encephalitis: clinical, immunological and genetic studies

T Armangué, G Olivé-Cirera, E Martínez-Hernandez… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Patients with herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis (HSE) often develop neuronal
autoantibody-associated encephalitis (AE) post-infection. Risk factors of AE are unknown …

Human TMEFF1 is a restriction factor for herpes simplex virus in the brain

YH Chan, Z Liu, P Bastard, N Khobrekar, KM Hutchison… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Most cases of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) encephalitis (HSE) remain unexplained,.
Here, we report on two unrelated people who had HSE as children and are homozygous for …

Functional IRF3 deficiency in a patient with herpes simplex encephalitis

LL Andersen, N Mørk, LS Reinert… - Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - rupress.org
Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) in children has previously been linked to defects in type I
interferon (IFN) production downstream of Toll-like receptor 3. Here, we describe a novel …

Herpes simplex encephalitis: an update

JW Gnann, RJ Whitley - Current infectious disease reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review is to provide an update on current
thinking regarding herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), emphasizing new information about …

Human SNORA31 variations impair cortical neuron-intrinsic immunity to HSV-1 and underlie herpes simplex encephalitis

FG Lafaille, O Harschnitz, YS Lee, P Zhang… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) encephalitis (HSE) is typically sporadic. Inborn
errors of TLR3-and DBR1-mediated central nervous system cell-intrinsic immunity can …