title: [The role of cytokines in viral infections].
abstract: The immune response to viral infections is a combination of many events: viral antigen presentation to the immune system, proliferation of specific lymphocytes, cytokine intervention. This review describes the virus-cell relationship contributing to the latency state in viral infections (especially in AIDS) and cytokine network, its importance in the pathogenesis of viral diseases and its therapeutic potential.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia dell'Università di Torino.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cavallo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cavallo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallo
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000502:physiology; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D016328:NF-kappa B; D007372:Interferons
vernacular_title: Considerazioni sul ruolo delle citochine nelle infezioni virali.