NIH R01 · 2024
Programmed cell death and cytomegalovirus retinitis pathogenesis
Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): Dix, Richard D Project Summary Programmed cell death (PCD) operates during innate immunity to eliminate virus-infected cells and regulate infection-associated inflammation during virus invasion. Little information is available regarding the precise contributions of PCD toward the pathogenesis of retinal diseases of virus origin, especially those caused by herpesviruses including AIDS-related human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) retinitis. A critical barrier to progress in advancing our ability to diagnose, prevent, and/or treat herpesvirus retinal diseases has been a lack of information on the possible contributions of different forms…
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